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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Takeshi Fujiwara, Gunma, JP;
Kiyoshi Sadakata, Gunma, JP;
Toru Segawa, Gunma, JP;
Takahiro Minamigata, Gunma, JP;
Takeshi Fujiwara, Gunma, JP;
Kiyoshi Sadakata, Gunma, JP;
Toru Segawa, Gunma, JP;
Takahiro Minamigata, Gunma, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Construction of a steering column support apparatus is achieved that is capable of simplifying tuning for stabilizing the forward displacement of the steering wheelduring a secondary collision, and lowering and stabilizing the break away load of the steering column. A connecting bracketis used that comprises an installation plate sectionthat connects and fastens to the portion on the top surface of the top plate sectionof a bracketon the column side which is exposed on the inside of a locking notch, a raised sectionthat rises upward from the installation plate section, and a restraining plate sectionthat is bent and extends outward from the edge on the top end of the raised section. With the installation plate sectionconnected and fastened to the top plate section, the portion of a bracket on the vehicle sidethat surrounds the locking cutout sectionis elastically held between the top surface of the top plate sectionand the bottom surface of the restraining plate section, and the bracketon the column side is supported by the bracketon the vehicle side so as to be able to displace in the forward direction during a secondary collision.