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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Suguru Sugishita, Maebashi, JP;
Masaru Oosawa, Maebashi, JP;
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/192 (2013.01);
Abstract
The outer columnhas a front-side small-diameter tubular portioninto which the inner columnis press fitted. The inner-circumferential surface of the front-side small-diameter tubular portionand the outer-circumferential surface of the inner columncome in contact with an interference fit at only a plurality of contact locations separated in the circumferential direction. At least one location in the axial direction of the column-side bracketis welded to the outer-circumferential surface of the front-side small-diameter tubular portionat only two weld locations that are close in the circumferential direction.