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US 2004/0023746 A1Published application
Tilt adjustable steering column assembly
AssigneeFuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
InventorKoji Arihara
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Abstract
In a tilt adjustable steering column assembly for an automotive vehicle, a fixed bracket (8) fixed to a vehicle body supports a rotation center axle of a bell crank lever (22) (bell crank) to enable the rotation center axle (24) of the bell crank lever to swing with respect to the fixed bracket and an engagement portion (20) of the fixed bracket is formed in an elongated hole, the elongated hole being formed to coincide with a pivotal orbit of a tilt input axle about a tilt rotation center (10) of a jacket tubular member (4) (jacket tube).
Claims10
A tilt adjustable steering column assembly for an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- an elongated jacket tubular member having a tilt rotation axle at one end thereof;
- a fixed bracket placed at a predetermined middle position of the jacket tubular member and having an engagement portion that is engaged with a tilt input axle mounted on the jacket tubular member;
- a bell crank lever having a rotation center axle rotatably supported on the fixed bracket and rotatably supports the tilt input axle of the jacket tubular member on one arm thereof;
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- an actuator having a rod portion to operatively actuate another arm of the bell crank lever to be moved to pivot the bell crank lever, the fixed bracket supporting the rotation center axle of the bell crank lever to enable the rotation center axle of the bell crank lever to swing with respect to the fixed bracket and the engagement portion of the fixed bracket being formed in an elongated hole, the elongated hole being formed to coincide with a pivotal orbit of the tilt input axle about the tilt rotation center of the jacket tubular member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.