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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1995
Yoshikazu Sakairi, Fujisawa, JP;
Atsushi Ueno, Fujisawa, JP;
Oiles Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering column bearing is comprised of an outer bush and an inner bush held in the outer bush. The outer bush includes: an inner ring having a lip portion and a retaining protrusion formed projectingly along the circumferential direction at a predetermined interval from the lip portion in an axial direction; an outer ring having protrusions; a support leg by which an outer peripheral surface portion of the inner ring not corresponding to a hollow cylindrical recess and an inner peripheral surface portion of the outer ring corresponding to that outer peripheral surface portion are integrally connected to each other in the circumferential direction; and reinforcing ribs each of which extends from an outer peripheral surface portion of the inner ring corresponding to the lip portion to the support leg, and integrally connects the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring, the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring, and the support leg.