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BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER STEERING MECHANISM

  • US 20120024618A1
  • Filed: 01/22/2010
  • Published: 02/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A bearing assembly for a mechanism including a housing and a rotatable shaft disposed within the housing, the bearing assembly comprising:

  • a sleeve disposable within the housing and having an inner circumferential surface defining a bore and a radial surface extending radially inwardly with respect to the inner surface;

    a bearing disposed within the sleeve bore and including inner and outer races and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer races, the inner race being coupleable with the shaft such that the shaft and the inner race rotate as a single unit; and

    a biasing member configured to bias the bearing outer race generally against one of the sleeve radial surface and a radial surface of the housing so as to substantially prevent axial displacement of the bearing outer race during rotation of the shaft.

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