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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1994
Kabushiki Kaisha Yamada Seisakusho, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a tiltable steering shaft includes: a fixed bracket A having a pair of fixing/supporting members A.sub.1 which are connected to each other by means of a U-shaped connecting member 5 so as to be arranged laterally symmetrically at an appropriate distance therebetween; a movable bracket B having a pair of side plates 6 which are arranged in face-to-face relation to each other at an appropriate distance therebetween, the side plates 6 of the movable bracket B being secured to a steering column 2, the movable bracket B being disposed between the fixing/supporting members A1 of the fixed bracket A in such a manner as to be capable of being raised or lowered and of being secured at an appropriate position by means of a tilt-adjusting bar 9. A pair of abutting ends 6a of the side plates 6 of the movable bracket B are capable of abutting against a pair of abutted ends 5a of the connecting member 5 only when an impact load has occurred.