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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Shin Matsumoto, Toyota, JP;
Mayumi Kamoshita, Nisshin, JP;
Sadato Kita, Toyota, JP;
Kiminori Yoshino, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Hideo Kondo, Aichi-gun, JP;
Junichi Nakano, Toyota, JP;
Hitoshi Araki, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Imamura, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A support mechanism of a steering system that supports a steering column to a part of a vehicle body includes an energy absorbing member mounted on the side of a steering column or the vehicle body, a support pin mounted on the side of the vehicle body or the steering column, that deforms the energy absorbing member when the steering column moves relative to the vehicle body, and an actuator mounted on the side of the steering column or the vehicle body, that changes deformation characteristics of the energy absorbing member.