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US 12,252,170 B2Granted
Steering column apparatus
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorDuck Moo Jung
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Abstract
Proposed is a steering column apparatus including a housing having a hollow shape, an input shaft rotatably mounted in the housing, and a lower bushing interposed between the housing and the input shaft, the lower bushing being elastically deformable when coming into contact with the housing.
Claims12
A steering column apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a hollow shape:
- an input shaft rotatably mounted in the housing;
- and
- a lower bushing interposed between the housing and the input shaft, the lower bushing being elastically deformable when coming into contact with the housing,
- wherein the lower bushing comprises:
- a lower bushing outer portion;
- a lower bushing inner portion connected to the lower bushing outer portion and arranged inside the lower bushing outer portion;
- and
- a connection reinforcement portion connecting the lower bushing outer portion and the lower bushing inner portion to each other.
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A steering column apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a hollow shape:
- an input shaft rotatably mounted in the housing;
- and
- a lower bushing interposed between the housing and the input shaft, the lower bushing being elastically deformable when coming into contact with the housing, wherein the input shaft comprises:
- an input shaft body rotatably mounted in the housing;
- an input shaft protrusion mounted on an end portion of the input shaft body and coming into contact with the lower bushing;
- and
- an O-ring having an elastically deformable material, the O-ring being mounted on an outer surface of the input shaft protrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.