Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rack bush and steering mechanism
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Application No.: US16757432Application Date: 2018-10-17
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Publication No.: US11254347B2Publication Date: 2022-02-22
- Inventor: Gaku Ikeyama , Junya Kuwagaki , Hiroyuki Kikuchi , Toshihiko Sekine , Noboru Nakagawa , Katsunori Saito , Kosuke Shimayama
- Applicant: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION , OILES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Hiroshima; JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION,OILES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION,OILES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hiroshima; JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-203677 20171020
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/038666 WO 20181017
- International Announcement: WO2019/078254 WO 20190425
- Main IPC: B62D3/12
- IPC: B62D3/12 ; B62D7/22 ; F16C31/02

Abstract:
Provided is a rack bush capable of reducing an effect on the feeling of a steering operation. A rack bush (1) comprises: a rack bush 1 housed in a cylindrical housing (4), which supports a load applied to a rack bar (5) while allowing movement of the rack bar (5) in the direction of the axis (O) and can be freely expanded and contracted in the radial direction; and elastic rings (3) mounted on the bush body (2). The bush body (2) has mounting grooves (28), which are formed in the circumferential direction on an outer peripheral surface (22) for mounting the elastic ring (3). An axis (P) of the mounting groove (28) are shifted from the axis (O) of the bush body (2). By this arrangement, there are formed an elastic ring protruding part (10), where the elastic rings (3) protrude greatly from the outer peripheral surface (22) of the bush body (2), and an elastic ring embedded part (11), where the elastic rings (3) are embedded in the outer peripheral surface (22) of the bush body (2).
Public/Granted literature
- US20210188341A1 RACK BUSH AND STEERING MECHANISM Public/Granted day:2021-06-24
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