He came upon a set of cockpit indicators from a Cold War-era RAF airplane — sorry, “aeroplane” — that used a magnetically driven rack and pinion ... discusses the mechanism behind these ...

Part of a rack-and-pinion steering system, the rack is a bar parallel to the front axle that moves left or right when the steering wheel is turned, aiming the front wheels in the correct direction.

Now, careful development has produced a rack-and-pinion system that brings the above advantages to the 7, while meeting the highest standards in isolating road shock from the steering wheel.” ...

Most car-based vehicles use rack-and-pinion steering in which the steering wheel turns a pinion gear that moves on a rack to turn the front wheels. Others use recirculating ball systems in which ...

Because they determine the direction a vehicle will go, steering wheels are among a car's most important parts. They often ...