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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1995
Yoshimi Yamamoto, Kosai, JP;
Haruhide Kurita, Kosai, JP;
Niklas Kjellestrom, Eskilstuna, SE;
Gunnar Eriksson, Eskilstuna, SE;
Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tilting and/or telescopic steering column assembly includes a mounting bracket fixed to a vehicle body, a movable bracket supporting a steering column, a clamping bolt passing through bolt holes of the mounting bracket and movable bracket, and an operating lever for clamping the movable bracket immovable between the left and right side walls of the mounting bracket by turning a clamping nut on the clamping bolt. For tilting and/or telescopic adjustment, the bolt hole of at least one of the mounting and movable brackets is elongated, and fringed with a toothed portion. A lock member is mounted on the clamping bolt, and is formed with a toothed portion for engaging with the toothed portion of the elongate hole. In one practical example, the bolt holes are both elongated and fringed with a toothed portion, and the lock member comprises of a first member for engaging with the toothed portion of the mounting bracket and a second member for engaging with the toothed portion of the movable bracket.