WO2007080823A1 - ブッシュ軸受及びそれを用いた自動車のラック-ピニオン式操舵装置 - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
- B62D3/00—Steering gears
- B62D3/02—Steering gears mechanical
- B62D3/12—Steering gears mechanical of rack-and-pinion type
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C29/00—Bearings for parts moving only linearly
- F16C29/02—Sliding-contact bearings
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C2361/00—Apparatus or articles in engineering in general
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C33/00—Parts of bearings; Special methods for making bearings or parts thereof
- F16C33/02—Parts of sliding-contact bearings
- F16C33/04—Brasses; Bushes; Linings
- F16C33/20—Sliding surface consisting mainly of plastics
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16C—SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16C35/00—Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers
- F16C35/02—Rigid support of bearing units; Housings, e.g. caps, covers in the case of sliding-contact bearings
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
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- F16H55/00—Elements with teeth or friction surfaces for conveying motion; Worms, pulleys or sheaves for gearing mechanisms
- F16H55/02—Toothed members; Worms
- F16H55/26—Racks
- F16H55/28—Special devices for taking up backlash
- F16H2055/281—Cylindrical or half-cylindrical bushings around the rack, e.g. using special wedges to reduce play
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16H—GEARING
- F16H55/00—Elements with teeth or friction surfaces for conveying motion; Worms, pulleys or sheaves for gearing mechanisms
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- F16H55/26—Racks
- F16H55/28—Special devices for taking up backlash
- F16H55/283—Special devices for taking up backlash using pressure yokes
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- the present invention relates to a bush bearing, and more particularly to a bush bearing suitable for use in movably supporting a rack shaft in a rack and pinion steering device of an automobile.
- Patent Document 1 Patent No. 3 5 4 3 6 5 2 Patent Publication
- a rack shaft having rack teeth that mesh with pinion teeth is movably supported by a gear box as a housing via a bush bearing.
- Various types of bushing bearings made of synthetic resin have been proposed, and such synthetic resin bushing bearings usually support the rack shaft in a movable manner with a tightening margin.
- the rack shaft is normally movably supported by bush bearings at two portions, a side adjacent to the pinion and a side away from the pinion.
- the rack shaft on the side adjacent to the pinion due to the influence of the meshing between the pinion teeth and the rack teeth, the displacement of the pinion in the axial direction is more likely to occur than the displacement in the direction toward and away from the pinion, and adjacent to the pinion.
- the displacement of the rack shaft part in the axial direction of the pinion on the side is reversed depending on the rotation direction of the pinion.
- the part of the rack shaft adjacent to the pinion has a large tightening allowance. If it is supported by the bearing, the steering feeling may be greatly deteriorated due to the bending deformation of the rack shaft.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and an object of the present invention is to support the rack shaft with a predetermined rigidity in the radial direction and the axial direction of the pinion.
- a bush bearing that can be movably supported with low frictional resistance and can reduce the effects of stress relaxation associated with cleave deformation and thermal history, and a rack and pinion type of an automobile using the same.
- the object is to provide a steering device.
- a bush bearing of the present invention comprises a synthetic resin bush having at least one circumferential groove on an outer peripheral surface, and an endless annular elastic member mounted in the circumferential groove of the bush.
- the bush is arranged with a pair of inner inner peripheral surfaces arranged in an axisymmetric manner and one inner inner peripheral surface in the circumferential direction. And a pair of slits that allow the inner inner peripheral surface to move radially and inward and outward, and the other inner inner peripheral surface in the circumferential direction.
- Another pair of slits that make the surface movable in the radial direction and inward and outward, and at least a pair of outer inner peripheral surfaces arranged outside the pair of inner inner peripheral surfaces in the radial direction
- Each outer inner peripheral surface is opposite to the rack tooth side and the rack tooth side of the rack shaft that is attached to a through hole defined by the pair of inner inner peripheral surfaces and the pair of outer inner peripheral surfaces.
- a gap is formed between a corresponding outer peripheral surface of each of the outer peripheral surfaces of each of the racks, and at least a part of each inner inner peripheral surface is opposite to the rack tooth side of the rack shaft and the rack tooth side. It comes in slidable contact with the corresponding outer peripheral surface except for the outer peripheral surface of the.
- the bush is arranged with the pair of inner inner peripheral surfaces arranged axially symmetrically and one inner inner peripheral surface in the circumferential direction.
- a pair of slits that allow the inner circumferential surface to move in the radial direction and the inner and outer directions are arranged with the other inner inner circumferential surface sandwiched in the circumferential direction, and the inner inner circumferential surface is arranged in the radial direction.
- a pair of slits that are movable inward and outward, and each inner inner peripheral surface has at least a part of the outer peripheral surface of the rack shaft opposite to the rack tooth side and the rack tooth side.
- the rack shaft Since the endless annular elastic member is mounted in the circumferential groove on the outer peripheral surface of the bush, the rack shaft is in the radial direction. Therefore, the pinion can be supported with a predetermined rigidity in the axial direction.
- the axial displacement of the pinion pinion can be suppressed by a pair of inner peripheral surfaces, and the axial movement of the rack shaft can be supported movably with a low frictional resistance.
- Synthetic resin as a material for forming bushes has excellent wear resistance and low friction characteristics, and has a predetermined flexibility and rigidity and low thermal expansion and contraction.
- Specific examples include a synthetic resin containing at least one of a polyacetal resin, a polyamide resin, a polyolefin resin, and a fluororesin.
- the endless annular elastic member has a circular, elliptical, rectangular or flat oval shape in cross section, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the cross sectional X shape, the cross sectional U shape or Other shapes such as a trapezoidal cross section may be used.
- the shape is made of natural rubber or synthetic rubber, but may be other thermoplastic synthetic resin having elasticity, for example, polyester elastomer.
- a generally used o-ring can be preferably used. Even if the endless annular elastic member mounted in the circumferential groove partially protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the bush, the entire endless elastic member is arranged in the circumferential groove instead of the outer peripheral surface of the bush. It does not have to protrude, but if it partially protrudes, the outer peripheral surface may contact the inner peripheral surface of the housing in which the bush bearing is fitted. An annular gap may be formed between the surface and the inner peripheral surface of the housing.
- the bush only needs to have at least one circumferential groove on its outer peripheral surface, but when it has a plurality of circumferential grooves on its outer peripheral surface, each circumferential groove An endless annular elastic member may be attached to the end.
- each inner inner peripheral surface has a flat surface shape.
- the inner inner peripheral surface may have a convex surface shape, or may have the same radius of curvature as the cylindrical outer peripheral surface of the rack shaft. Alternatively, it may be concave with a larger radius of curvature.
- Each inner inner peripheral surface is slidably in contact with a corresponding outer peripheral surface excluding the rack tooth side of the rack shaft and the outer peripheral surface opposite to the rack tooth side of at least a part of the rack shaft in the radial direction.
- the pinion has a central angle 0 1 with respect to the center of the rack shaft, and preferably 5 ° or more with respect to the center of the rack shaft, so that the pinion can be supported with a predetermined rigidity.
- each outer inner circumferential surface has a central angle 0 2 of (1 8 0 ° —0 1) with respect to the center of the rack axis. It is good to have.
- Each inner perimeter is part or all of it. It is only necessary to be slidably in contact with the corresponding outer peripheral surface excluding the rack tooth side of the rack shaft and the outer peripheral surface opposite to the rack tooth side.
- each slit opens at one end face in the axial direction of the bush and extends in the axial direction from the one end face to the vicinity of the other end face in the axial direction of the bush through the circumferential groove.
- Each of the slits may extend in parallel to the axial direction, or alternatively, may extend while being inclined with respect to the axial direction.
- one slit is parallel to the axial direction, and the other slit is May be inclined with respect to the axial direction.
- the bush opens at the other end surface in the axial direction of the bush and extends in the axial direction from the other end surface through the circumferential groove to the vicinity of one end surface in the axial direction of the bush.
- the rack tooth side and at least a pair of other slits arranged on the opposite side of the rack tooth side may be further provided, and the bush includes the inner inner peripheral surface, the outer inner peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface, and the like.
- the shaft may be in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the housing through which the shaft penetrates.
- one of the plurality of protrusions is arranged with one inner inner peripheral surface interposed therebetween.
- Circumference around a pair of slits The other projection of the plurality of projections is arranged in a circumferential direction between another pair of slits arranged with the other inner inner peripheral surface interposed therebetween.
- the main body may be formed with the same thickness at the inner inner peripheral surface and the outer inner peripheral surface, but the inner inner peripheral surface is thin or thick, and the outer inner peripheral surface is thick or thin. It may be formed.
- the bush bearing of the present invention is configured such that one outer inner peripheral surface is between the outer peripheral surface on the rack tooth side of the rack shaft that is attached to a through hole defined by the inner inner peripheral surface and the outer inner peripheral surface.
- a gap is formed between the other outer peripheral surface of the rack shaft and the outer peripheral surface opposite to the rack tooth side of the rack shaft, and each inner inner peripheral surface is at least a part of the rack shaft.
- it further comprises positioning means for determining the position of the bushing with respect to the inner peripheral surface of the housing in the circumferential direction. Good.
- the positioning means includes a protrusion provided integrally with the bush so as to fit in a recess provided on the inner peripheral surface of the housing.
- An automobile rack-and-pinion steering device of the present invention includes a pinion, a rack shaft having rack teeth that mesh with the teeth of the pinion, a housing through which the rack shaft passes, and a housing
- the bush bearing of the above-mentioned various modes is provided which is fitted and supports the rack shaft so as to be movable with respect to the housing.
- the housing may be a hollow support member that supports the rack shaft together with a gear housing that houses the pinion, but preferably a gear housing that houses the pinion
- the bush bearing is disposed in a housing, and in a preferred example, in a gear housing as a housing so as to support the portion of the rack shaft on the side adjacent to the pinion.
- the rack shaft can be supported with a predetermined rigidity in the radial direction and in the axial direction of the pinion, and can be supported movably with a low frictional resistance in the axial direction of the rack shaft. Furthermore, it is possible to provide a bush bearing capable of reducing the effects of stress relaxation associated with cleave deformation and thermal history, and an automobile rack and pinion steering device using the bush bearing.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II shown in FIG. 2 as an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- Figure 2 shows the left side view of the example shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 3 is a right side view of the example shown in Figure 1.
- FIG. 4 is a plan view of the example shown in FIG.
- Figure 5 shows the bottom view of the example shown in Figure 1.
- FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged explanatory diagram of the example shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an example in which the example shown in FIG. 1 is used in an automobile rack-and-pinion steering device.
- Figure 8 shows the right side view of the example shown in Figure 7.
- FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged explanatory view of another example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 10 is a partially enlarged explanatory view of still another example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
- the rack-and-pinion steering device 1 of the automobile of this example includes a pinion 2, a rack shaft 5 having rack teeth 4 that mesh with the teeth 3 of the pinion 2, and a rack shaft A gear housing 6 as a housing through which 5 penetrates, and a bush bearing 7 which is fitted in the gear housing 6 and supports the rack shaft 5 movably in the A direction which is the axial direction with respect to the gear housing 6 is doing.
- the pinion 2 having the shaft center 1 1 is rotated in the R 1 or R 2 direction around the shaft center 1 1 by the rotation of the steering wheel (steering wheel).
- the gear housing 6 has a cylindrical inner peripheral surface 12 on which the bush bearing 7 is fitted.
- the bush bearing 7 includes a synthetic resin bush 17 having a circumferential groove 16 on its outer peripheral surface 15, and a circumferential direction of the bush 17.
- Endless annular elastic member 18 made of natural rubber or synthetic rubber O-ring, etc., mounted in groove 16 and inner circumferential surface of gear housing 6 of bush 17 in circumferential direction B
- Positioning means 19 for determining the position relative to 1 2.
- the bush 17 has an outer peripheral surface 15, a circumferential groove 16, and 1 80 ° in the B direction.
- a pair of outer peripheral surfaces 27 and 28 and a pair of outer inner peripheral surfaces 27 and 28 that are arranged outside of 1 and 22 are partially divided in the B direction.
- the main body 35 having the other slits 29 and 30 and the outer peripheral surface 15 of the main body 35 are integrally provided and spaced apart from each other at an interval of 180 ° in the B direction.
- the outer peripheral surface 15 is partially divided in the B direction by slits 2 3 to 2 6, 2 9 and 30, and a gap 3 8 between the outer peripheral surface 15 and the inner peripheral surface 12 of the gear housing 6 Is forming.
- the inner inner peripheral surface 21 has a central angle 0 1 of 5 ° or more and 90 ° or less with respect to the center O of the rack shaft 5, and 30 ° in this example.
- 2 2 also has a central angle 0 1 of 5 ° or more and 90 ° or less with respect to the center O of the rack shaft 5 and 30 ° in this example, particularly as shown in FIGS.
- a part of the inner inner peripheral surface 21 slides on the outer peripheral surface 42 of the rack shaft 5 excluding the rack tooth 4 side of the rack shaft 5 and the outer peripheral surface opposite to the rack tooth 4 side of the rack shaft 5.
- the inner inner peripheral surface 2 2 is also a part of the outer peripheral surface 4 1 of the rack shaft 5, and the rack tooth 4 side and the rack tooth 4 side of the rack shaft 5 are part of the inner peripheral surface 2 2.
- the outer peripheral surface 43 excluding the opposite outer peripheral surface is in slidable substantially line contact. Each end portion 4 4 in the A direction of the inner inner peripheral surfaces 21 and 22 may be terminated with a tapered surface.
- Each of 2 4 is open at one end face 45 in the A direction of the main body part 3 5 of the bush 17 and passes through the circumferential groove 16 from the one end face 45 to the main body part 3 5 of the bush 1 7. Extends in the A direction to the vicinity of the other end face 46 in the A direction.
- Each of the pair of slits 2 5 and 2 6 arranged with the inner inner peripheral surface 2 2 in between is also opened at one end surface 4 5 in the A direction of the body portion 3 5 of the bush 17. It extends in the A direction from the one end face 45 to the vicinity of the other end face 46 in the A direction of the main body portion 35 of the bush 17 through the circumferential groove 16.
- the outer inner peripheral surface 2 7 having the central angle 0 2 is inserted into the through-hole 47 defined by the inner inner peripheral surfaces 21 and 2 2 and the outer inner peripheral surfaces 27 and 28.
- a clearance 4 9 is formed between the outer peripheral surface 4 1 of the rack shaft 5 to be attached and the outer peripheral surface 4 8 on the rack tooth 4 side, opposite to the rack tooth 4 side of the rack shaft 5
- the slits 29 and 30 are arranged symmetrically with an interval of 1800 degrees in the B direction and are arranged on the rack tooth 4 side of the rack shaft 5 and on the opposite side of the rack tooth 4 side, respectively. Is open at the other end face 46 of the main body part 35 of the bush 17 and passes through the circumferential groove 16 from the other end face 46 to the end face 45 of the main body part 3 5 of the bush 17 It extends in the A direction to the vicinity.
- the protrusion 3 6 having the cylindrical outer peripheral surface 55 is a pair of slits in the B direction.
- the inner peripheral surface 12 of the gear housing 6 is in close contact with the outer peripheral surface 5 5 with the elastic force of the synthetic resin bushing 17.
- a projection 37 having a cylindrical outer peripheral surface 56 is disposed between a pair of slits 25 and 26 in the B direction and is a gear through which the rack shaft 5 passes.
- the inner peripheral surface 12 of the housing 6 is in close contact with the outer peripheral surface 5 6 with the elastic force of the synthetic resin bush 1 7. It is fitted to the inner peripheral surface 12 of the gear housing 6 through 3 7.
- the endless annular elastic member 1 8 forms an annular gap 5 8 narrower than the gap 3 8 between its outer peripheral surface 5 7 and the inner peripheral surface 12 of the gear housing 6, while the bush 1
- the main body portion 35 of 7 is partially protruded from the outer peripheral surface 15 and attached to the circumferential groove 16 so as to be elastically slightly reduced in diameter.
- the positioning means 19 is a protrusion formed integrally with the outer peripheral surface 15 of the main body 35.
- the protrusion 60 is engaged with the gear housing 6 at the front end portion in the C direction and the end surface in the A direction at the recess 59 formed on the inner peripheral surface 12 of the gear housing 6.
- the bushing 17 does not rotate with respect to the gear housing 6 in the B direction, and is prevented from being inserted into the gear housing 6 more than necessary, and the inner inner peripheral surface 21 and 2 2, protrusions 3 6 and 3 7 and slits 2 3 to 2 6, 2 9 and 30 are positioned and arranged with respect to the rack teeth 4 of the rack shaft 5.
- a pair of flat inner inner peripheral surfaces 2 1 and 2 2 arranged in an axial symmetry and inner inner peripheral surfaces 2 1 and 2 2 in the B direction are provided.
- the bush 17 has an inner inner peripheral surface 2 1 and 2 2, and a part of the inner peripheral surface 2 1 and 2 2 excludes the outer peripheral surface of the rack shaft 5 opposite to the rack tooth 4 side and the rack tooth 4 side.
- the rack shaft 5 can be supported with a predetermined rigidity in the C direction and in the axial direction of the pinion 2, that is, in the vertical direction in FIG. 2 in the axial direction can be suppressed by the pair of inner peripheral surfaces 2 1 and 2 2, and the movement in the A direction can be supported movably with low frictional resistance, and the outer inner peripheral surfaces 2 7 and 2 8
- Each of the outer peripheral surfaces 48 and 50 of the rack shaft 4 attached to the through hole 47 and the opposite side of the rack tooth 4 side of the rack shaft 5 and the corresponding outer peripheral surface 48 and 50. Since gaps 49 and 51 are formed with respect to 50, the effects of stress relaxation associated with cleave deformation and thermal history can be reduced in combination with the above.
- each of the inner inner peripheral surfaces 2 1 and 2 2 has a flat surface shape.
- a convex shape that is, a semi-cylindrical convex shape as shown in FIG. 9
- the curvature of the cylindrical outer peripheral surface 41 of the rack shaft 5 is further changed as shown in FIG.
- a concave surface having a radius of curvature larger than the radius, that is, a semi-cylindrical concave surface may be used.
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