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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Showa Corporation, Gyoda, JP;
Inventor:
Norifumi Terada, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
SHOWA CORPORATION, Gyoda, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/12 (2006.01); B62D 1/19 (2006.01); B62D 5/00 (2006.01); F16F 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/126 (2013.01); B62D 1/19 (2013.01); B62D 5/001 (2013.01); F16F 7/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle steering device includes a turning shaft movable in a vehicle widthwise direction, a housing that retains therein the turning shaft, a stopper provided at a shaft end of the turning shaft exposed from the housing, and a collision buffer member, which is provided at the housing, and which restricts a movable range of the stopper in the vehicle widthwise direction. The collision buffer member has an elastic region that absorbs an abutment load by a normal steering operation input from the stopper, and a plastic region that absorbs a shock load input from the stopper and greater than the abutment load by the normal steering operation.