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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Susumu Imagaki, Tondabayashi, JP;
Masayoshi Sakuda, Kashihara, JP;
Takahiro Baito, Kosai, JP;
Takuya Adachi, Toyohashi, JP;
Kota Higuchi, Hamamatsu, JP;
So Tanaka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuki Fujiwara, Toyohashi, JP;
Kenji Utsunomiya, Toyohashi, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A steering column device includes an inner tube, a housing, and a lock mechanism configured. The lock mechanism includes a first engagement member, a second engagement member, a first urging member, a second urging member, a cam member configured to rotate about a rotation axis extending in a direction in which the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged such that the second urging member serving as a follower is moved in the direction in which the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged to change a magnitude relationship between an urging force of the first urging member and an urging force of the second urging member, and an operation lever configured to operate the cam member.