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US 2011/0210537 A1Published application
Steering column device
AssigneeFuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
InventorYota UESAKA
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Abstract
A steering column device includes a fixed member and a movable member disposed between a jacket and a mount bracket. The fix member is located on a mount bracket side, and the movable member is located on a jacket side. The fixed member and the movable member include a lock member and a lock tooth disposed to face each other. The lock member includes an elastic claw having elasticity to achieve engagement with and disengagement from the lock tooth.
Claims5
A steering column device comprising:
- a steering shaft having an upper end in an axial direction of the steering shaft for fixing a steering wheel;
- a jacket configured to support the steering shaft rotatably;
- a mount bracket including a fixation portion to be fixed to a vehicle body and a suspended portion hanging from the fixation portion;
- a clamp bolt including a shaft penetrating the mount bracket;
- a fixed member provided between the jacket and the mount bracket;
- and
- a movable member provided between the jacket and the fixed member,
- wherein any one of the fixed member and the movable member includes a lock tooth,
- the other one of the fixed member and the movable member includes a lock member disposed to face the lock tooth and having an elastic claw having elasticity to be engaged with and disengaged from the lock tooth, and
- actuation of the clamp bolt by operation of an operating lever makes the fixed member and the movable member brought into and released from pressure contact with each other to switch between a pressure contact state where the jacket and the mount bracket are in pressure contact with each other and a non-pressure contact state where the jacket and the mount bracket are not in pressure contact with each other.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.