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US 10,703,402 B2Granted
Steering support structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuaki Kurita, Akihiro Deshimaru, Hiroshi Ioku
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Abstract
A steering support structure includes: an instrument panel reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction; and a steering support bracket attached to the instrument panel reinforcement and supports a steering column. The steering support bracket includes an upper bracket joined to an upper side of the instrument panel reinforcement in a vehicle up-down direction, and a lower bracket joined to a lower side of the instrument panel reinforcement in the vehicle up-down direction and fastened and fixed to the upper bracket.
Claims6
A steering support structure comprising:
- an instrument panel reinforcement extending in a vehicle width direction;
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- a steering support bracket attached to the instrument panel reinforcement and supports a steering column, the steering support bracket including
- an upper bracket joined to an upper side of the instrument panel reinforcement in a vehicle up-down direction, and
- a lower bracket joined to a lower side of the instrument panel reinforcement in the vehicle up-down direction and fastened and fixed to the upper bracket,
- wherein the lower bracket is directly fastened and fixed, at a center portion of the lower bracket in a vehicle front-rear direction, to the lower side of the instrument panel reinforcement using a fastening member passing through the lower bracket and the lower side of the instrument panel reinforcement.
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