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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Shingo Maeda, Kashiwara, JP;
Ryouhei Hayama, Nabari, JP;
Sadahiro Kawahara, Kashihara, JP;
Shiro Nakano, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Kou Shiba, Hirakata, JP;
Shingo Maeda, Kashiwara, JP;
Ryouhei Hayama, Nabari, JP;
Sadahiro Kawahara, Kashihara, JP;
Shiro Nakano, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Kou Shiba, Hirakata, JP;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle steering apparatus includes a steering member for rotational operation, and a support mechanism that supports the steering member so as to be movable between a housing position where the steering member is housed in a fixed frame of an instrument panel and a projection position where the steering member projects to an outside of the fixed frame. The steering member includes a main body supported by the support mechanism, a pair of grip sections which are movable between the housing position and the projection position together with the main body, and which are supported so as to be movable between a nonoperating position and an operating position by the main body, and a grip section drive actuator which is supported by the main body, and drives the pair of grip sections to the nonoperating position and the operating position.