US 11,814,111 B2
Apparatus for pressing a rack onto a pinion, and steering system for a motor vehicle with an apparatus of this type
Markus Lingemann, Bochum (DE)
Assigned to ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, Alfdorf (DE)
Filed by ZF Automotive Germany GmbH, Alfdorf (DE)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,142.
Claims priority of application No. 102021208031.6 (DE), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023891 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 3/12 (2006.01); F16H 19/04 (2006.01); F16H 55/28 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 3/123 (2013.01) [F16H 19/04 (2013.01); F16H 2019/046 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for pressing a rack onto a pinion, comprising a pressure piece wherein the pressure piece is arranged within a housing and is displaceable in an axial direction of a center longitudinal axis, a bearing element which is fixable on the housing in the axial direction with respect to the center longitudinal axis, a prestressing element which acts in the axial direction, wherein the pressure piece is loaded by the prestressing element which is arranged between the pressure piece and the bearing element with a prestressing force in the axial direction with respect to the center longitudinal axis and directed away from the bearing element, and an adjusting ring which is arranged between the bearing element and the pressure piece, at least two inclined faces of the adjusting ring and an adjusting section of the bearing element bearing against one another, wherein a force application disk is arranged between the adjusting ring and the adjusting section.