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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Koichi Hiramatsu, Toyota, JP;
Shinya Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagai, Toyota, JP;
Koji Okamura, Nisshin, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A method for fixing a steering support capable of improving efficiency when the steering support is fixed to an instrument panel reinforcement body is provided. The method for fixing the steering support according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes processes of: passing an instrument panel reinforcement body through a first through-hole formed in a steering support; and increasing the pressure inside an area of the instrument panel reinforcement body covered with the steering support, plastically deforming the area of the instrument panel reinforcement body from an inside to an outside, and pressing a circumferential surface of the first through-hole of the steering support by an outer circumferential surface of the area of the instrument panel reinforcement body.