US 12,319,358 B2
Steering assembly
Tomoyuki Hayashi, Shizuoka (JP); and Luis Mayorca, Live Oak, FL (US)
Assigned to YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed by YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shizuoka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/403,376.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,550, filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0246600 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/12 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 3/126 (2013.01) [B62D 7/163 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering assembly comprising: a steering gearbox including a housing having a hollow housing body with a first axial end and a second axial end, and
a steering rack movably disposed with respect to the housing in a lateral direction,
the steering rack having a first rack end and a second rack end and extending through the first axial end and the second axial end of the housing body;
a bracket coupled to the first rack end of the steering rack, the bracket including a first tie rod connection located axially inward of the first rack end and the second rack end with respect to a longitudinal center axis of the steering rack; a rotational motion restriction structure configured to restrict rotational movement of the bracket relative to the longitudinal center axis of the steering rack; and a translational motion restriction structure configured to limit translational movement of the steering rack along the longitudinal center axis of the steering rack, the rotational motion restriction structure and the translational motion restriction structure being located at different locations, and the translational motion restriction structure including a first stop configured to contact the first axial end of the housing body to limit the translational movement of the steering rack in a first lateral direction, and a second stop configured to contact the second axial end of the housing body to limit the translational movement of the steering rack in a second lateral direction that is opposite the first lateral direction.