Rack shaft supporting device and steering system including the same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8960035
APP PUB NO 20140020493A1
SERIAL NO

13940590

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A rack shaft supporting device includes a support yoke, a plug, an intermediate component, a torque generation spring, and rolling elements. The plug has a plug end portion and plug cam faces formed in the plug end portion. The intermediate component is arranged between the plug and the support yoke in a state where the intermediate component is rotatable relative to the rack housing and movable relative to the rack housing in a pushing direction. The intermediate component has an intermediate opposed portion opposed to the plug end portion and intermediate cam faces opposed to the plug cam faces. The rolling elements are arranged between the plug cam faces and the intermediate cam faces, and make contact with each of the plug cam faces and the intermediate cam faces.

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JTEKT CORPORATIONKARIYA-SHI AICHI-KEN 448-8652

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Nakamura, Kensaku Kashiba, JP 20 173

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