Steering column device
AssigneeFuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
InventorsToshihiko WARASHINA, Yota UESAKA
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Abstract
A steering column device includes a mount bracket including a suspended portion hanging from a fixation portion. The suspended portion includes: a first wall extending along and adjacent to the jacket guide, a second wall located on an outside of the first wall in a vehicle width direction; and a front side wall and a rear side wall connecting front ends and rear ends of the first wall and the second wall to each other. Operation of an operating lever protruding from the suspended portion tightens a clamp bolt to connect and fix the jacket to the mount bracket.
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 having a plate shape and to be fixed to a vehicle body, and a suspended portion hanging from the fixation portion;
- a jacket guide disposed between the jacket and the mount bracket and configured to guide the jacket;
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- a clamp bolt having a shaft penetrating the jacket, the mount bracket, and the jacket guide,
- wherein the suspended portion includes
- a first wall hanging from the fixation portion, being adjacent to the jacket guide, and extending along the jacket guide,
- a second wall hanging from the fixation portion on an opposite side from the jacket across the first wall and extending along the first wall, and
- a connecting portion hanging from the fixation portion and connecting at least any set of front ends and rear ends of the first wall and the second wall to each other,
- the fixation portion includes a surrounded portion surrounded by the first wall, the second wall, and the connecting portion, and
- operation of an operating lever protruding from the suspended portion actuates the clamp bolt 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.