Steering apparatus

A steering apparatus comprising:

• a steering shaft having a rear portion configured to allow a steering wheel to be mounted;
• a column supporting the steering shaft in a rotatable manner:
• a bracket attached to the column and including a flange portion;
• left and right capsules, each configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and including an upper holding plate and a lower holding plate for holding the flange portion therebetween;
• a coupling part coupling the flange portion and the capsules such that the flange portion is detachable from the capsules by an impact force toward a front side of the vehicle body;
• a rounded portion formed at a front end portion of the flange portion and having a curvature radius which varies along a vehicle width direction;
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• an energy absorbing member including a rear portion engaged with the capsules, a front extension portion extending forward from the rear portion, a bent portion bent in front of the rounded portion, and a rear extension portion extending rearward such that the rear extension portion is inclined in the vehicle width direction with respect to a center axis of the column, wherein the energy absorbing member is configured such that the energy absorbing member is plastically deformed by a pressure from the rounded portion moving along the energy absorbing member due to a forward movement of the flange portion.