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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:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/99 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/99 ;
Abstract
A shock absorbing steering column apparatus comprise a steering column member admitting an insertion of a steering shaft, and a shock absorbing member for permitting the steering column member to displace in an axial direction while being plastically deformed by an impact load applied in the axial direction of the steering column member. The steering column member and the shock absorbing member are integrally formed of a non-ferrous metal.