Abstract:
A servo assembly in which motive force is transmitted directly from an input to an output of the assembly, the assembly being coupled to a source of fluid under pressure so that power assistance is provided to the motive force transmitted to the output while a reaction is applied to the input, the reaction being indicative of the power assistance afforded to the output.
Abstract:
A RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FOR AUTOMOTIVE STEERING GEAR HAVING A CARRIER PROVIDING AN INTERFERENCE FIT SLIDABLE SUPPORT FOR THE RACK BAR HOLDING THE RACK TEETH IN MESHED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PINION TEETH AND PREVENTING LATERAL DISPLACEMENT OF THE BAR. THE BAR PREFERABLY HAS A WEDGESHAPED TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION, AND THE CARRIER PREFERABLY HAS A WEDGE-SHAPED RECESS RECEIVING THE RACK BAR. THE CARRIER IS ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED IN THE ASSEMBLY HOUSING TO FORCE THE RACK BAR DEEPER INTO THE RECESS, AND SIDEWALL PORTIONS OF THE CARRIER ARE CAUSED TO BE DISPLACED AND COMPRESSED BETWEEN THE RACK BAR AND THE HOUSING, PROVIDING SUPPORT OF THE RACK BAR AGAINST TRANSVERSE MOVEMENT IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE PINION AXIS.
Abstract:
AN INEXPENSIVE PINION MOUNTING FOR RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLIES USEFUL IN AUTOMOTIVE STEERING GEAR HAVING COOPERATING SOCKET AND PIN OR SPIGOT PARTS PROVIDING RADIAL AND THRUST BEARING SURFACES SUPPORTING A FREE END OF THE PINION AND COACTING WITH AN ADJUSTABLE ANTI-FRICTION RADIAL AND THRUST BEARING TO ROTATABLY MOUNT THE PINION AND HOLD IT AGAINST AXIAL SHIFTING IN A HOUSING FOR THE ASSEMBLY.
Abstract:
A WEDGE-SHAPED RECESS WITH CONVERGING SIDEWALLS ENGAGING OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE RACK BAR AND SLIDABLY SUPPORTING A SPRING-URGED PLASTIC PLUG ENGAGING THE RACK BAR BETWEEN THE INCLINED SURFACES TO URGE THE BAR DEEPER INTO THE RECESS. THE PLASTIC BEARING SUPPORT IS MOUNTED IN THE END OF THE TUBE REMOTE FROM THE PINION HOUSING. A RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR AUTOMOTIVE STEERING GEAR HAVING A RACK BAR SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ON TWO LATERALLY SPACED CONVERGING SURFACES, AND URGED AGAINST SAID SURFACES BY A THIRD SUPPORT. THE RACK BAR PREFERABLY IS SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN A PINION HOUSING ADJACENT ONE END, EXTENDS THROUGH A TUBE PROJECTING FROM THE PINION HOUSING, AND IS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT ITS OTHER END BY A PLASTIC BEARING SECURED IN THE TUBE HAVING
Abstract:
A radial and thrust bearing for a shaft has a plastics tubular bushing composed of an axially slotted bearing ring supporting a shaft carried bearing component and connected at one end to a surrounding axially slotted thinner flexible skirt for seating in a housing to locate the bearing ring. The axial slots are circumferentially spaced, extend radially almost through the bushing with alternate inner and outer blind ends dividing the bushing into circumferential segments alternately connected at their inner and outer peripheries to accommodate radial contraction and expansion of the bushing so that wide tolerances may be permitted in the dimensions of the shaft bearing component and the housing seating. The bushing may be a continuous ring, may be a split ring, or may be composed of several discreet ring segments and the bearing ring portion thereof may be fixedly clamped in a housing.
Abstract:
A braking system in which pressure from a master cylinder acting in slave cylinders at the brakes carries initial or low-force braking dependent on the driver''s pedal force, there being a mechanical feed-back mechanism which increases the braking pressure in accordance with the mechanical force resulting from brake reaction in the vehicle, e.g. torque or drag. The hydraulic braking force is therefore augmented by fed-back force and in that sense provides a servo effect.
Abstract:
A rack and pinion assembly, especially suitable for a vehicle steering gear, of the type having a pinion rotatably mounted in a housing meshed with the rack of a rack bar movable longitudinally through the housing wherein the pinion is radially adjusted, and in some embodiments also axially adjusted, by inexpensive plastics material, radial and thrust bearing means at one location in the housing around a free end of the pinion. The bearing means include a radial displaceable plastics ring in bearing relation with a free end portion of the pinion adjacent the pinion teeth either directly or through collars on the pinion portion. The plastics ring may be in one piece and split or may be in several segments and is sufficiently resilient to contract and expand under the influence of applied forces from an adjustable cap in the housing or means on the free end of the pinion.
Abstract:
Rack and pinion automotive steering gear with shock absorbing means between the rack bar and rack for damping transfer of road shocks from the rack bar to the pinion. The rack bar has a reduced diameter portion receiving a rack sleeve and shock absorbing means, such as resilient washers, are interposed between the ends of the sleeve and shoulders of the rack bar. The rack bar is preferably cylindrical, and the reduced diameter portion thereof has an eccentric axis. The rack sleeve is preferably cylindrical with an eccentric bore so located to provide a thick rack tooth wall and to position the external cylindrical sleeve surface concentric and flush with the main rack bar. The bar and sleeve are slidably supported in a spring biased yoke.
Abstract:
Apparatus for use in a power-steering system including a pinion and a cooperating rack for use in association with a powerassisting dual-acting pressurized fluid-operated servomotor. A steering column is connected to the pinion for limited relative rotation through a torsionally resilient coupling. The pinion is connected for joint rotation to one of a pair of relatively rotatable valve members of a fluid flow valve which controls the flow of pressurized fluid to and from the opposite ends of the servomotor. The steering column is connected to the other valve members through a rigid virtually nonstraining rod.