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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Mitsuo Yabutsuka, Gunma-ken, JP;
Isao Fujiu, Gunma-ken, JP;
Norihiko Yokota, Gunma-ken, JP;
Koji Hirooka, Gunma-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Yamada Seisakusho, Gunma-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A shock absorbing apparatus for a steering column includes: a sliding capsule having a collar portion fixed immovably to a vehicle body; and a column bracket having a shock absorbing hole which is elongated in a longitudinal direction of a steering column and in which a fixing through-hole portion on one end side of the elongated hole, a first shock absorbing portion having a shaft-like member in a vicinity of the fixing through-hole portion, and a second shock absorbing portion having a crushable inner peripheral edge at a side edge of the elongated hole are substantially continuously formed in the longitudinal direction. During a collision, the collar portion bends the shaft-like member and crushes the second shock absorbing portion to thereby absorb colliding energy.