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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Naoki Sawada, Maebashi, JP;
Shuhei Ikeda, Maebashi, JP;
Jun Yamada, Maebashi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To provide a steering apparatus having an excellent operationality and capable of suppressing backlash and preventing an axis deviation of the steering shaft. A line R connecting the centers of two fixing membersis shifted with respect to an axis line of an inner column, and thus a component Fv of a force transmitted from the fixing membersto the inner columnvia an outer columnis applied to press the inner columnin a direction orthogonal to the line R connecting the centers of the two fixing members. It is, therefore, possible to reduce backlash between the inner columnand the outer column