Steering device
AssigneeNHK Spring Co., Ltd.
InventorRyuichi NISHIMURA
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a steering device includes a housing as a base member, a tilt member movable about a tilt shaft, a bearing-mounted shaft member, a handlebar, a handlebar support member, and a link mechanism. The bearing-mounted shaft member includes a steering shaft and a bearing portion. The handlebar support member is swingable in a front-rear direction about a swing shaft. The link mechanism includes link members connecting the housing and the handlebar support member. The tilt member and the steering shaft move about the tilt shaft. The link members move the handlebar support member in a direction that maintains a predetermined angle of the handlebar.
Claims6
A steering device, comprising:
- a base member;
- a tilt member configured to move in a tilt-up direction and a tilt-down direction about a tilt shaft portion provided in the base member;
- a bearing-mounted shaft member having a steering shaft inserted into the tilt member in a lower portion, having a bearing portion in an upper portion, and being rotatable in a steering direction;
- a handlebar rotatable in the steering direction and having a predetermined angle in a front-rear direction in a non-rotated state;
- a handlebar support member supporting the handlebar and attached to the bearing portion to be swingable in the front-rear direction about a swing shaft;
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- a link mechanism having link members connecting the handlebar support member and the base member and moving the handlebar support member in a direction that maintains the predetermined angle of the handlebar when the tilt member moves about the tilt shaft portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.