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US 10,246,119 B2Granted
Steering column device
AssigneeFuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
InventorYota Uesaka
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Abstract
A steering column device includes a cylindrical inner jacket; a cylindrical outer jacket in which the inner jacket is slidably inserted; and a steering shaft rotatably supported in the inner jacket and the outer jacket. The outer jacket is divided into a molded first half member and a molded second half member at a plane including an axis of the outer jacket. According to this steering column device, in molding the outer jacket, it is not necessary to set a draft for a core along the axial direction on the inner circumferential surface of the outer jacket.
Claims5
A steering column device comprising:
- a cylindrical inner jacket;
- a cylindrical outer jacket in which the inner jacket is slidably inserted;
- and
- a steering shaft rotatably supported in the inner jacket and the outer jacket,
- wherein the outer jacket is divided into a molded first half member and a molded second half member at a plane including an axis of the outer jacket,
- wherein the outer jacket comprises a particular groove on an inner circumferential surface of the outer jacket, and
- the particular groove receives a particular member that limits an axial movement of the inner jacket relative to the outer jacket, the particular member setting a limit position in a rearward side of a vehicle in the axial movement of the inner jacket and being provided on the inner jacket, and
- wherein the particular groove has a structure that does not directly communicate with an outside and is formed along an axial direction of the outer jacket.
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