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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomonori Sugiura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Shoji Ishimura, Kashihara, JP;
Tatsuro Kubota, Shiki-gun, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Obu, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An operating lever is fitted to an operating shaft and pivots with the operating shaft. A first cam brought to pivot by the operating lever and a second cam cam-engaged with the first cam to push a column jacket are supported by the operating shaft. The first cam includes a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion that are disposed on opposite sides of a central axial line in a manner as to face each other in a radial direction. The operating lever has a first hole into which the first projecting portion is fitted and a second hole into which the second projecting portion is fitted. The second hole has a larger dimension than the second projecting portion in the radial direction.