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US 7,401,813 B2Granted
Steering apparatus for motor vehicle
AssigneesNsk Ltd., NSK Steering Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoki Sawada, Yuichi Tomaru
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Abstract
In a steering apparatus for a vehicle in which an inner column is supported to be movable in the axial direction by an outer jacket supported by a body-side bracket and a steering shaft is fixed to an adjustment position by clamping the inner column by the use of telescopic clamping means through the outer jacket, the outer jacket is provided with a slit entirely along the axial direction thereof.
Claims19
A steering apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a body-side bracket attached to a body;
- a column assembly supported by said body-side bracket and including an inner column for supporting a steering shaft to be rotatable and an outer jacket for supporting said inner column to be movable in an axial direction;
- and
- telescopic clamping means for fixing the steering shaft at an adjustment position by clamping said inner column through said outer jacket,
- wherein said outer jacket is provided with a slit formed through said outer jacket over an entire axial length of said outer jacket.
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A steering apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- an inner column for supporting a steering shaft to be rotatable;
- an outer jacket for supporting said inner column at an outer peripheral side thereof;
- a bracket attached to a vehicle body for supporting said outer jacket such that a position of said outer jacket is adjustable;
- and
- a clamping mechanism for releasing a clamped state in which the position of said outer jacket is fixed to said bracket so as to allow position adjustment,
- wherein said outer jacket has a portion for pressing and supporting said inner column at the outer peripheral side of said inner column, and
- said outer jacket is provided with a slit formed through said outer jacket over an entire axial length of said outer jacket.
4 more elements
A steering apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- a body-side bracket attached to a vehicle body;
- a column assembly supported by said body-side bracket, said column assembly including
- an inner column for supporting a steering shaft so as to be rotatable, and
- an outer jacket for supporting said inner column so as to be movable in an axial direction;
- and
- a telescopic clamping mechanism operable to fix the steering shaft at an adjustment position by clamping said inner column through said outer jacket,
- wherein said outer jacket is provided with a slit formed through said outer jacket over an entire axial length of said outer jacket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.