Impact absorbing steering column device for vehicle
AssigneesNsk Ltd., NSK Steering Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorsKiyoharu Higashino, Kiyoshi Sadakata
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Abstract
In an impact absorbing type steering column apparatus for a vehicle in which two columns are fitted to each other in such a manner that an upper column; while being moved to the front part of the vehicle with respect to a lower column, absorbs the impact energy at a secondary collision of the vehicle, a bush is fixedly fitted to at least one of the outer peripheral side of the upper column and the inner peripheral side of the lower column in the fitting portion between the two columns.
Claims8
An impact absorbing type steering column apparatus for a vehicle which comprises two columns having a fitting portion therebetween and in which one of the columns nearer to a steering wheel is moved to the other at a secondary collision of the vehicle so as to absorb an impact energy, characterized in that:
- a bush is fixedly fitted to at least one of the peripheral surfaces which face each other in the radial direction of the fitting portion between the two columns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.