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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1991
Hiroki Iwasa, Aichi, JP;
Chikao Nagasaka, Aichi, JP;
Masuyuki Ueda, Aichi, JP;
Shigeru Kato, Aichi, JP;
Hisashi Aoki, Aichi, JP;
Makoto Shibahara, Aichi, JP;
Satoshi Mori, Aichi, JP;
Junichi Nakaho, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus with a fixed pad operated by a driver of a vehicle includes spokes one end of which extend in a tapered manner from a steering shaft and to the other end of which an annular steering operation portion is secured; and a fixed pad accommodated in a tapered space formed by the spokes, wherein an interval between opposing surfaces of the spokes and the fixed pad is set to be substantially uniform, so as to prevent a foreign object from being caught between the opposing surfaces when the steering operation portion is operated.