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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Sakuda, Kashihara, JP;
Daiki Goto, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuki Fujiwara, Toyohashi, JP;
Akihiro Taniyama, Toyohashi, JP;
Shoin Kume, Hamamatsu, JP;
Syunya Kouketsu, Kosai, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A steering system includes a rod member, a housing, and a clamping member. The housing has a clamping slit and includes a first clamp-receiving portion and a second clamp-receiving portion that project so as to sandwich the clamping slit therebetween. The clamping member includes a fixed cam, a clamping shaft, a rotary cam, and a clamping lever. The fixed cam is fitted in the first clamp-receiving portion from an outer side of the first clamp-receiving portion. The fixed cam has a third through hole extending through the fixed cam coaxially with a first axis. The third through hole has a small diameter portion at a first portion close to the rotary cam and a large diameter portion having a diameter larger than a diameter of the small diameter portion at a second portion away from the rotary cam.