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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:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1996
Kiyoharu Higashino, Gunma-ken, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to enhance the support rigidity of a steering column and moreover make the height dimension of a height adjusting mechanism small to thereby make it difficult for the steering column to interfere with a driver's knees, when the height position of a steering wheel is to be fixed, a tilt bolt is fastened by a tilt lever and as a result, the spacing between a fore end surface and the inner side of the tip end portion of a first hold-down arm portion constituting a hold-down bracket is shortened, and the inner sides of fixed plate portion constituting a fixed bracket hold-down the steering column from the left and right sides thereof. During the adjustment of the height, the tilt bolt is loosened and first and second restraining pins are moved along slots.
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