Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure force device for a gear train (2) in a steering system, with a housing (3), wherein a first gear member (4) is disposed engaged with a second gear member (5) at the housing (3), and with a thrust transmitting member (6), wherein the thrust transmitting member (6) is slidably supported in a guide (8) at the housing (3) along an axis (7), wherein spring element (9) acts onto the thrust transmitting member (6) for pressing the first gear member (4) and the second gear member (5) against each other, wherein the thrust transmitting member (6) is furnished with a circumferential sealing element (10) against an exiting of lubricant from the housing (3).

Abstract: A rotary slide valve for power-assisted steering systems of motor vehicles includes a rotary slide which is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a valve input member. The control bush is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a valve output member. The two valve elements are arranged so as to be movable coaxially one in the other and are rotatable relative to one another at most by the amount of the rotary travel of a backlash coupling. The rotary slide has outer and the control bush inner longitudinal control grooves which cooperate with one another in order to control a pressure medium to and from two working spaces of a servomotor. The rotary slide is connected to the valve output member via a torsion-bar spring. Production-related tolerances which may lead to undesirable effects in driving behavior are compensated by a connecting element.

Abstract: An actuation device, e.g., with actuation by an electromagnet, includes an adjustable part, e.g., a return plate, which is secured to a housing by a return spring, and a fixed part, e.g., a magnet core. The return spring is secured to a pin, and the adjustable part, e.g., return plate, is connected to the pin. The pin has a collar. The return spring is clamped in between the collar and a spring which bears against the adjustable part. In the non-actuated state there is a precisely determined basic air gap between the adjustable part and the fixed part. The collar may be adjusted on the pin. This is achieved in that the adjustable collar is formed by a nut which may be adjusted by a thread which is arranged on the pin. The nut may also be replaced by an adjustment element which may be secured, for example, a pressed-on ring.

Abstract: A rotary shift or slide valve (1) for power steering systems of motor vehicles contains a rotary slide (4) linked to a valve input element (23). A control bush (7) is guided in an axial bore (6) of the rotary slide (4) and rotatable by a limited angle. The control bush (7) forms a rotation-fixed link with a valve output element (18). Between the rotary slide (4) and the valve output element (18), there is a centering device, which contains two centering elements (32, 33), which can be rotated against each other, and at least one anti-friction element (36) located between the two centering elements (32, 33). One of the centering elements (33) forms a fixed link with the reaction piston (37) and a rotation-fixed but axially displaceable link with the valve output element (18) via a metal bellows (38). The other centering element (32) forms a rotation-fixed and non-displaceable link with the rotary slide (4).

Abstract: An auxiliary power steering unit, especially for motor vehicles, contains a control valve (1) made as a rotary slide valve for controlling a pressure medium conveyed by a servopump (3) out of a tank (4) to and from the pressure chambers of a servomotor (2). Control valve (1) reveals two feedback chambers (10, 11) that are connected via one, each, fixed throttle (12, 13) and a common throttle (14) to a pressure line (15) of the servopump (3). The feedback pressure that takes effect in the feedback chambers (10, 11) can be limited to a maximum value by a cutoff valve (18). The cutoff valve (18) is made as pressure balance whose response pressure can be adjusted from the outside without dismantling.

Abstract: A rotary slide valve, especially for auxiliary-power steering devices for motor vehicles, has a rotary slide (2) rotatable opposite a control bushing (1). The control bushing (1) and the rotary slide (2) have guiding longitudinal grooves (3, 4, 7, 8) that work together for directing a pressure agent from a pressure agent source to and from a servomotor. Guiding edges (5 and 10 and 6 and 11) of the guiding longitudinal grooves (3, 4, 7, 8) of the control bushing (1) and the rotary slide (2), working together, are placed parallel with each other. The guiding edges (5, 6) of the guiding longitudinal grooves (3, 4) of the control bushing (1) and the guiding edges (10, 11) of the rotary slide (2) are positioned conically with respect to each other longitudinally.