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US 12,545,314 B1Granted
Steering column module
AssigneeKawasaki Motors, Ltd.
InventorsKota Hidaka, Hidefumi Yasuhara, Hirotaka Fujiki, Takuma Nozaki, Daisuke Saeki
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Abstract
A steering column module 10 includes: an upper cover 3 covering a steering shaft 11 from above; a lower cover 4 covering the steering shaft 11 from below and coupled to the upper cover 3; a meter 61 located on the upper cover 3; an ignition switch 62 located on the upper cover 3; and a direction switch 63 that is located on upper cover 3 and switches a vehicle between forward movement and rearward movement.
Claims20
A steering column module, comprising:
- an upper cover covering a steering shaft from above;
- a lower cover covering the steering shaft from below and coupled to the upper cover;
- a meter located on the upper cover;
- an ignition switch located on the upper cover;
- and
- a direction switch that is located on the upper cover and switches a vehicle between forward movement and rearward movement,
- wherein the ignition switch and the direction switch are located at one side of the center of the upper cover in a vehicle width direction.
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A steering column module, comprising:
- an upper cover covering a steering shaft from above;
- a lower cover covering the steering shaft from below and coupled to the upper cover;
- a meter located on the upper cover;
- an ignition switch located on the upper cover;
- a direction switch that is located on the upper cover and switches a vehicle between forward movement and rearward movement;
- and
- a turn signal switch located between the upper cover and the lower cover.
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A steering column module comprising:
- an upper cover covering a steering shaft from above;
- and
- a lower cover covering the steering shaft from below and coupled to the upper cover,
- wherein the upper cover and the lower cover extend to a dashboard panel,
- the dashboard panel includes a panel body having a through hole through which the steering shaft penetrates, and a hood projecting from the panel body toward inside of a cabin on at least an upper portion of an opening edge of the through hole, and
- an end portion of the upper cover close to the dashboard panel overlaps with the hood.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.