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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1996
Takehiro Terai, Atsugi, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
In a structure for mounting a steering lock apparatus having a key cylinder unit fixed to an instrument panel and a key lock unit for permitting or regulating rotation of a steering shaft whose tilting is freely changed, a key cylinder interposing unit through which an end of the key cylinder unit is interposed and supported is formed in a plate bracket fixed in the instrument panel side, protrusions projecting upward are provided in an end of the key cylinder unit and an engaging groove for regulating rotation of the key cylinder unit by engaging with both sides of the protrusions and functioning as a stress concentration part for a load applied upward from the key cylinder unit is formed in the key cylinder interposing part.