Nsk Corporation

Masayoshi Mashimo

Tadashi Hibino

Tomohiro Ikuta

Tooru Matsushima

Tetsuo Arakawa

Nobuhiro Ishii

Hiroshi Fukuda

Masatoshi Nagase

Kenji Takeuchi

When the guide bracketis fixed to the vehicle-mounting bracketby the guide pin, the upper surfacesof the capsulesare in contact with the lower surfacesof the flange portionson the guide bracket, and the first engaging portionsand the second engaging portionsengage with the capsules. As a result, even before fixing the vehicle-mounting bracketand the guide bracketto the vehicle bodyby the bolt, the guide bracketdoes not rotate with respect to the vehicle-mounting bracketabout the guide pin, or move in the forward and rearward direction, or in the vehicle body width direction.

Steering apparatus

A steering device is provided that facilitates an operation of mounting a friction plate on a mounting bracket. A first friction plate and a second friction plate just need to be mounted on an outer column only. It is possible to greatly facilitate an operation of assembling alternate layers of the first friction plate and the second friction plate at specified orientations. When the outer column is displaced telescopically, a tightening rod touches a long slit in the second friction plate. The second friction plate rocks around a columnar protrusion as the rocking center. The long slit is formed lengthwise in a direction of tilt positioning. The long slit absorbs a difference between a rocking trajectory formed by the second friction plate and a linear trajectory formed by the outer column. The second friction plate smoothly rocks. The outer column can be smoothly adjusted in the telescopic direction.

Steering device

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Gunma-ken, Japan

Masayoshi Mashimo