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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Toshinobu Maeda, Okazaki, JP;
Atsushi Tano, Sakurai, JP;
Inventors:
Toshinobu Maeda, Okazaki, JP;
Atsushi Tano, Sakurai, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/02 (2006.01); F16C 3/00 (2006.01); G05G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A key ring according to embodiments is press-fitted onto a steering shaft (column shaft) at a position that is radially outer side of a fit portion at which multiple shaft members that constitute the steering shaft (column shaft) are fitted to each other, and that is substantially the same as the position of the key ring in the axial direction. When a lock bar is inserted into a lock bar insertion portion formed in an outer periphery of the key ring, the key ring restricts rotation of the steering shaft.