Vehicular steering apparatus
AssigneeKoyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorsTetsuya Murakami, Hiroaki Shinto, Shuzo Hirakushi
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Abstract
A vehicular steering apparatus includes a column bracket secured to a steering column; and a fixing bracket secured to a vehicle body. The column bracket includes a top plate and a pair of side plates. The fixing bracket supports the column bracket via a support shaft. A support-shaft through hole formed in each of the side plates of the column bracket includes a slot extended along a longitudinal direction of the steering column. A resilient member is interposed between the top plate of the column bracket and a confronting portion of the support shaft. The resilient member biases the support shaft along a predetermined biasing direction to restrict play of the support shaft in the slot.
Claims19
A vehicular steering apparatus comprising:
- a column bracket secured to a steering column including a top plate and a pair of side plates;
- a fixing bracket secured to a vehicle body and including a pair of side plates each of which confronts a face of a corresponding one of the side plate pair of the column bracket;
- a support shaft supported by the fixing bracket while supporting the column bracket;
- a support-shaft through hole formed in each of the side plates of the column bracket and the fixing bracket for insertion of the support shaft therethrough;
- the support-shaft through holes of the side plates of the column bracket each including a slot extended along a longitudinal direction of the steering column for permitting the support shaft to move relative thereto along the longitudinal direction of the steering column;
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- a resilient member interposed between the top plate of the column bracket and a confronting portion of the support shaft and serving to bias the support shaft in a predetermined biasing direction to restrict play of the support shaft in the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.