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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1994
Yosuke Iwasaki, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshiteru Yoshimura, Hiroshima, JP;
Masashi Ohtsuka, Hiroshima, JP;
Kiyoshi Hayashi, Hatsukaichi, JP;
Keisuke Miyoshi, Hiroshima, JP;
Toshiaki Ogawa, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus support structure includes a steering support member extending transversely in a vehicle body and secured to rigid side components of the vehicle body which are likely free from deformation during a frontal end collision and a support bracket device secured to and supported by the steering support member for supporting forward and rearward portions of the steering column. The support bracket device is releasably linked to a vehicle body part which can be deformed backward during a frontal end collision, and the vehicle body part is allowed to be disconnected from the support bracket device when backward deformation is caused in the vehicle body part.