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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2004
Kenji Imamura, Toyota, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Kiminori Yoshino, Toyota, JP;
Hideo Kondo, Aichi-gun, JP;
Junichi Nakano, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Date, Komaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nakanishi, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Imamura, Toyota, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Kiminori Yoshino, Toyota, JP;
Hideo Kondo, Aichi-gun, JP;
Junichi Nakano, Toyota, JP;
Hiroaki Date, Komaki, JP;
Hitoshi Nakanishi, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A shock absorbing steering apparatus for use in a vehicle, including a steering column to be fixed to a portion of a body of the vehicle such that the steering column is releasable from the body of the vehicle and movable in a forward direction of the vehicle in the event of a secondary collision of an occupant of the vehicle upon a collision of the vehicle, and wherein one of the steering column and the portion of the vehicle body includes a mounting portion, while the other of the steering column and the portion of the vehicle body includes a holding portion. The steering apparatus further includes an impact energy absorbing member to be mounted on the mounting portion. The impact energy absorbing portion includes an engaging portion engageable with the holding portion and is deformable as the steering column is moved in the forward direction while the engaging portion is held in engagement with the holding portion, whereby the impact energy absorbing member absorbs an impact energy generated by the secondary collision.