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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280777 ; 74492 ;
Abstract
An energy absorbing member is constructed of a main body including a base and a belt portion having first and second folded portions and an interconnecting plate welded to the main body. A middle portion of the belt portion is confined between an upper surface of the base and a lower surface of the interconnecting plate. Thus, the energy absorbing member itself provides two surfaces for guiding the belt portion. Assembly of a shock absorbing steering column apparatus is thereby facilitated and a compact apparatus can be realized.