A steering system for steering a wheel of a vehicle includes a track rod for deflecting the wheel, a rack which, by axial movement, leads to control of the track rod, and a housing. The rack is at least partially arranged within the housing. The rack has a convex and/or concave cross-sectional portion. The housing-mounted complementary geometry includes a complementary concave and/or convex shaping, as a result of which a form-fitting connection is produced for realizing the twist prevention.

A supporting apparatus for a steering gear box includes a pressing yoke part for supporting a side surface of a rack bar to be engaged with a steering input gear in a shape to wrap the side surface of the rack bar, a supporting yoke part provided in a mounting groove together with the pressing yoke part, an elastic link part formed of an elastic material and extending from the pressing yoke part to be inserted into the supporting yoke part, a cover part provided at a position opposite to the supporting yoke part and shielding an inlet of the mounting groove, and a pressing part located between the supporting yoke part and the cover part and pressing the supporting yoke part by a predetermined elastic force.

A rack and pinion steering system includes a rack housing, a rack bearing, and an adjuster plug. The rack housing defines a rack housing bore extending along an axis. The rack bearing is disposed within the rack housing bore. The rack bearing has a first bearing portion that is biasingly connected to a second bearing portion. The first bearing portion and the second bearing portion extend along the axis between a first rack bearing end and a second rack bearing end. The adjuster plug is disposed within the rack housing bore. The adjuster plug extends along the axis between a first adjuster plug end that engages the second rack bearing and a second adjuster plug end.

In a steering system, a guide member faces the rack shaft on the opposite side of the rack shaft from the pinion shaft, and an opposed member faces the guide member at a first distance. The rack shaft is supported by the first rack bush so as to be slidable in the axial direction. The rack shaft is supported so as to be slidable in the axial direction X at a position closer to the guide member than the first rack bush is by the second rack bush disposed away from the inner surface. An elastic member that can be elastically deformed is disposed between the inner surface and the second rack bush. The second rack bush has an opposed portion disposed on the opposite side of the rack shaft from the pinion shaft and facing the inner surface at a second distance that is larger than the first distance.

In a steering system, a guide member faces the rack shaft on the opposite side of the rack shaft from the pinion shaft, and an opposed member faces the guide member at a first distance. The rack shaft is supported by the first rack bush so as to be slidable in the axial direction. The rack shaft is supported so as to be slidable in the axial direction X at a position closer to the guide member than the first rack bush is by the second rack bush disposed away from the inner surface. An elastic member that can be elastically deformed is disposed between the inner surface and the second rack bush. The second rack bush has an opposed portion disposed on the opposite side of the rack shaft from the pinion shaft and facing the inner surface at a second distance that is larger than the first distance.

A steering system includes a rack shaft, a tubular rack housing, and a tubular rack bushing. The rack bushing is interposed between the outer surface of the rack shaft and the inner surface of the rack housing. The rack bushing supports the rack shaft such that the rack shaft is slidable in the axial direction. The rack housing includes an annular groove on its inner surface. The rack bushing includes a collar. a through slit. and first non-through slits. The collar protrudes radially outward from substantially the entire circumference of the rack bushing. The collar is fitted into the annular groove. The through slit passes through the rack bushing in the axial direction. Each first non-through slit extends in the axial direction such that the first non-through slit passes through a portion of the rack bushing whose axial position corresponds to the axial position of the collar.

A wear compensator to compensate wear between a rack and a pinion including a yoke plug, a pin affixed to the yoke plug, jaws that surrounds the pin, a disc spring sandwiched between the yoke plug and the jaws, a stage compensator that receives and slides along the jaws to provide a frictional force, a rack guide in contact with the rack, a spring extending between the stage compensator and the rack guide, wherein when the rack guide transfers to the stage compensator a first load above a predetermined threshold, the frictional force overcomes prevents the spring disc to push the stage compensator towards the rack, and when the rack guide transfers to the stage compensator a second load below the predetermined threshold, the frictional force allows the spring disc to push the stage compensator towards the rack.

A rack guide device includes a rack guide, a blocking member, a plate spring and a holding member. The rack guide is accommodated in an accommodating portion that is formed in a housing through which a rack shaft is inserted so as to move towards or away from the rack shaft and that supports the rack shaft so that the rack shaft slides in an axial direction thereof. The blocking member is fixed to an external opening end provided on an opposite side of the accommodating portion to a side thereof that faces the rack shaft. The disc spring is interposed between the blocking member and the rack guide to bias the rack guide towards the rack shaft. The holding member holds the disc spring and is directly or indirectly held to the rack guide or the blocking member through frictional engagement.

A rack adjuster plug assembly for a steering system of a vehicle includes an outer bearing seat coupled to a rack housing and in abutment with a rack bearing. Also included is an inner spring seat disposed within a central aperture of the outer bearing seat. Further included is a spring disposed between the rack bearing and the inner spring seat.

An aircraft undercarriage leg having an orientation control for wheels that causes a sliding rod to pivot. The orientation control has a rotating member mounted on the strut assembly having a toothed sector forming a pinion and is rotationally coupled to the sliding rod, and a rack mounted to slide on the strut assembly along a sliding axis perpendicular to the pivot axis to mesh with the pinion, the rack being moved by drive means. The drive include a rotary drive inside the rack adapted to turn about the sliding axis and to cooperate via a helicoidal coupling with the rack, The rotary drive is immobilized axially by two opposite axial thrust bearings allowing angular tilting of the rotary drive. The thrust bearings are carried by at least one elongate support inside the rack having a proximal end fixed to an end of a cylinder in which the rack slides.