Method of assembling steering gear

Claim 1

IN THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A STEERING GEAR COMPRISING A POWER UNIT HAVING A ROTATABLE CAMSHAFT IN A HOUSING, A MANUALLY ROTATABLE STEERING SHAFT HAVING A FLATTENED END, AND A FLEXIBLE COUPLING FOR CONNECTING SAID CAM AND STEERING SHAFTS FOR ROTATION AS UNIT, SAID COUPLING HAVING A TUBULAR PORTION AT ONE END ADAPTED TO BE SLEEVED OVER AN END OF SAID CAMSHAFT AND A PORTION HAVING A DIAMETRICAL SLOT AT THE OTHER END ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID FLATTENED END, THE EXTERIOR OF SAID CAMSHAFT AND THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR COUPLING PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED SPLINES ADAPTED TO INTERFIT IN SPLINED RELATIONSHIP AT A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS OF RELATIVE ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT OF SAID CAMSHAFT AND COUPLING, THE SPLINES OF SAID COUPLING PROVIDING A MASTER SPLINE-RECEIVING RECESS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A PAIR OF SUCCESSIVE SPLINES OF SAID CAMSHAFT AND A SPLINE ELEMEWNT INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PAIR OF SUCCESSIVE SPLINES, THE STEPS OF PROVIDING SUCH A SPLINE ELEMENT ADAPTED TO BE REMOVABLY SECURED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN A PAIR OF SUCCESSIVE SPLINES OF SAID CAMSHAFT TO BLOCK ENTRY OF ANY ONE OF THE SPLINES OF SAID COUPLING INTO SAID SPACE, HOLDING SAID HOUSING IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION, ASSEMBLING SAID POWER UNIT AND CAMSHAFT WITHIN SAID HOUSING AT A PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOUSING, SECURING SAID SPLINE ELEMENT IN THE SPACE BETWEEN A PAIR OF SUCCESSIVE SPLINES OF SAID CAMSHAFT AT A PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOUSING, ADJUSTING SAID STEERING SHAFT AND COUPLING TO PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID HOUSING, AND THEREAFTER INTERFITTING SAID SPLINE ELMENT AND PAIR OF SUCCESSIVE SPLINES INTO SAID MASTER SPLINE- RECEIVING RECESS.