US 2003/0164608 A1Published application

Automotive steering system

AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsMasaki Morita, Akira Mitsunaga

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Abstract

An automotive steering system is constructed such that a movable bracket is attached to a stationary bracket via a connecting mechanism to move back and forth in an axial direction of a steering shaft, that a steering column is attached to the movable bracket and that the steering shaft is rotatably attached to the steering column. The positions of the steering shaft and a steering wheel are adjustable in the axial direction. The connecting mechanism comprises a pair of flat pin guide surfaces extending in the axial direction and a connecting pin adapted to be inserted between the pair of pin guide surfaces. The pair of pin guide surfaces are provided at a transverse center of the movable bracket, whereas the connecting pin is provided on the stationary bracket. The connecting pin is guided by the pair of pin guide surfaces to relatively move in the axial direction.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An automotive steering system, comprising:

a steering shaft having a steering wheel;
a steering column to which the steering shaft is rotatably attached;
a movable bracket to which the steering column is attached;
a stationary bracket attached to a body of a vehicle;
and
a connecting mechanism attaching the movable bracket to the stationary bracket in such a manner that the movable bracket moves back and forth in an axial direction of the steering shaft, whereby the positions of the steering shaft and the steering wheel are adjustable in the axial direction of the steering shaft, the connecting mechanism comprising:
a pair of flat pin guide surfaces provided at a transverse center of one of the stationary bracket and the movable bracket and extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft;
and
a connecting pin provided on the other of the movable bracket and the stationary bracket, the connecting pin being inserted between the pair of pin guide surfaces so that the connecting pin is guided by the pair of pin guide surfaces in such a manner as to be relatively moved in the axial direction of the steering shaft.

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An automotive steering system, comprising:

a steering shaft having a steering wheel;
a steering column to which the steering shaft is rotatably attached;
a movable bracket to which the steering column is attached;
a stationary bracket attached to a body of a vehicle;
and
a connecting mechanism attaching the movable bracket to the stationary bracket in such a manner that the movable bracket moves back and forth in an axial direction of the steering shaft, whereby the positions of the steering shaft and the steering wheel are adjustable in the axial direction of the steering shaft, the connecting mechanism comprising:
left and right elongate holes extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft;
a pair of flat pin guide surfaces extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft between the left and right elongate holes, the left and right elongate holes and the pair of pin guide surfaces being provided on one of the stationary bracket and the movable bracket;
and
a connecting pin provided on the other of the movable bracket and the stationary bracket, the connecting pin being inserted between the pair of pin guide surfaces through the left and right elongate holes so that the connecting pin is guided by the pair of pin guide surfaces in such a manner as to be relatively moved in the axial direction of the steering shaft.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.