Steering apparatus

A steering apparatus comprising:

• a column shaft coupled to a steering member;
• a column tube rotatably supporting the column shaft;
• a housing through which the column tube is inserted and that supports the column tube movably in an axial direction;
• a fastener configured to fix a position of the column tube by squeezing the housing from outside the column tube such that a portion of the housing in the axial direction is reduced in diameter;
• a first impact absorber including an annular portion attached to and in contact with an outer perimeter of the column tube, the first impact absorber being configured to generate a first dynamic friction force with the column tube during a secondary collision;
• and
• a second impact absorber fixedly connected to the housing by a squeezing force of the fastener, the second impact absorber being configured to generate a second dynamic friction force with the housing during the secondary collision by being moved by the first impact absorber moving together with the column shaft, wherein
• the first impact absorber has a proximal static friction coefficient in a proximal region and a distal static friction coefficient less than the proximal static friction coefficient in a distal region,
• the proximal region is located close to a squeezing portion of the fastener in a radial direction crossing both the axial direction and a fastening direction of the fastener, and
• the distal region is located further from the squeezing portion than the proximal region in the radial direction.