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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2020
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Kashihara, JP;
Yasuyuki Nozawa, Kashihara, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A steering system includes an operation member; a first movement mechanism configured to move the operation member between a normal position and a storage area located forward of the normal position; a second movement mechanism configured to move the operation member so as to change a position of the operation member in an up-down direction of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to control the first and second movement mechanisms. The storage area is located inward of an opening of a vehicle member provided in front of a driver's seat in the vehicle. The control unit is configured to control, in a case where the operation member is retracted into the storage area, the first movement mechanism and the second movement mechanism to perform a forward movement of moving the operation member that has reached a vicinity of the vehicle member, along an outer shape of the vehicle member.