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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Showa Corporation, Gyoda-shi, JP;
Shingo Ishige, Haga-gun, JP;
Showa Corporation, Gyoda-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A steering device includes: a steering shaft; an outer pipe; a first bearing that causes the steering shaft to be rotatable with respect to the outer pipe; and a front body that is disposed in front of the bearing in an axial direction, and the steering shaft; in which a first space into which the steering shaft is capable of being inserted is formed on a radially inner side of the front body, and a second space into which the outer pipe is capable of being inserted is formed on a radially outer side of the front body, and the steering device further includes a release mechanism that releases a relative restraint between the first bearing, a first front end portion, and a second front end portion in the axial direction in a case where the first bearing collides with the front body during the secondary collision.