US 12,391,301 B2
Rack bar support device of vehicle steering device
Jeonghwa Han, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Assigned to HL MANDO CORPORATION, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed by HL Mando Corporation, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/590,071.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0140422 (KR), filed on Oct. 19, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0128756 A1, Apr. 24, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 3/10 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01); B62D 7/22 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 3/123 (2013.01) [B62D 7/226 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rack bar support device of a vehicle steering device, the rack bar support device comprising:
a support yoke including a front side configured to support a rack bar of the vehicle steering device and a rear side having a tapered recess formed in a center thereof, the support yoke being configured to be coupled to a mounting hole of a gear box housing of the vehicle steering device, wherein an inner circumferential surface of the tapered recess has a diameter decreasing toward the rack bar; and
a yoke plug including a supporting protrusion at a front side thereof to protrude toward the support yoke, wherein the supporting protrusion supports the inner circumferential surface of the tapered recess to support the support yoke toward the rack bar and to cause the support yoke to be fixed in the mounting hole of the gear box housing,
wherein the support yoke includes a cutout portion cut from an outer circumferential surface of the support yoke to the inner circumferential surface of the tapered recess.