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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Sakuda, Kashihara, JP;
Atsumune Nagatani, Kashihara, JP;
Michiaki Yamaoka, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Yoshihito Yoshihara, Kashihara, JP;
Satoki Yoshimura, Shiki-gun, JP;
Yu Myohoji, Habikino, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A first sliding member is held by an upper jacket. A second sliding member includes a fixed portion fixed to the first sliding member, and an extension portion that extends in a column axis direction and that has a coupled portion coupled to the fixed portion at a predetermined location in the column axis direction. The second sliding member being clamped by the clamping mechanism slides relative to a supporting member and a lower jacket during a secondary impact. The second sliding member includes a slit that reduces coupling stiffness between the fixed portion and the coupled portion of the extension portion so as to facilitate, in a clamping state of the clamping mechanism, deflection of the coupled portion of the extension portion relative to the fixed portion in a lateral direction as seen from the column axis direction.