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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Sato, Gunma-ken, JP;
Isamu Chikuma, Maebashi, JP;
Sakae Matsumoto, Takasaki, JP;
Kiyoharu Higashino, Gunma-ken, JP;
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/99 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/99 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a steering column has a cross member spanned over two right-and-left walls of a car body at a portion just anterior to a driver's seat, a support bracket integrally fixedly connected to a portion, aligned with the driver's seat, of an intermediate portion of the cross member, a supported bracket fixedly connected to an intermediate portion of the steering column, and a connecting member for connecting the support bracket and the supported bracket to each other with no intermediary of other brackets.