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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:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2003
Naoki Sawada, Gunma-ken, JP;
Koji Inoue, Gunma-ken, JP;
Naoki Sawada, Gunma-ken, JP;
Koji Inoue, Gunma-ken, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus for a vehicle has a steering column rotatably supporting a steering shaft, a first support member held between opposed flat plate portions of an upper bracket and supporting the steering column, a second support member held between opposed flat plate portions of a lower bracket and supporting the steering column, a first support mechanism for supporting the steering column on the upper bracket, and a second support mechanism for supporting the steering column on the lower bracket, wherein the steering column, the first support member and the second support member are integrally formed, the first support member is integrally formed with a first swelling portion having a pair of side portions that respectively press-abut on a pair of opposed flat plate portions of the upper bracket, and the second support member is integrally formed with a second swelling portion having a pair of side portions that respectively press-abut on a pair of opposed flat plate portions of the lower bracket.
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