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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2017
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Youhei Nakazato, Gunma, JP;
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering system includes a steering column, a column bracket, a distance bracket, a rod, and an elastic member. The steering column supports an input shaft coupled to the steering wheel. The column bracket has a long hole therethrough and supports the steering column. The distance bracket includes: two vertical plates provided on an outer circumferential surface of the steering column and extending along the column bracket; and a horizontal plate coupling together the two vertical plates. The rod penetrates the long hole and the vertical plates. The elastic member is positioned between the horizontal plate and the rod and presses the rod toward the steering column.