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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1998
Kenji Satoh, Gunma-ken, JP;
Sakae Matsumoto, Takasaki, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tilt lock mechanism of a tilt adjusting type steering apparatus comprises a fixed gear mounted on one of a lower column member and an upper column member, a movable gear supported to be freely rockable by the other of the lower column member and the upper column member to be detachably engaged with the fixed gear, a reaction force member disposed in the vicinity of the back surface of the movable gear, and a wedge member to take a lock position at which it is inserted between the reaction force member and the back surface of the movable gear to cause the movable gear to mesh with the fixed gear and a release position at which it is retracted from the lock position to release the movable gear from the fixed gear.