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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2011
Norimi Nakamura, Sakai, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Hiroaki Kitaguchi, Takaishi, JP;
Koji Nada, Sakai, JP;
Norimi Nakamura, Sakai, JP;
Koji Fujiwara, Sakai, JP;
Hiroaki Kitaguchi, Takaishi, JP;
Koji Nada, Sakai, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A tiltable steering wheel apparatus comprises a tilting mechanism provided under a grip portion of a steering wheel. The tilting mechanism includes a steering wheel support member for supporting the steering wheel to be tiltable about a pivotal axis extending along a transverse direction of a vehicle body, and a control lever switchable between a tilting allowing mode for allowing tilting movement of the steering wheel and a tilting preventing mode for preventing tilting movement of the steering wheel. The control lever has an extension extending toward the grip portion with a manual control portion provided in a distal end thereof to be operable with the fingers of the operator holding the grip portion of the steering wheel.