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Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

May. 22, 2013
Applicant:

Nsk Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masato Iwakawa, Maebashi, JP;

Yoshiyuki Sekii, Maebashi, JP;

Hiroshi Kakita, Maebashi, JP;

Assignee:

NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/187 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/181 (2013.01); B62D 1/187 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to make it possible to stably and smoothly perform the operation of position adjustment of a steering wheel, the electric position adjustment apparatus for a steering wheel of the present invention is such that: a concave engaging sectionof a moving piecethat moves in the forward/backward direction with an electric motoras a driving source has a cylindrical concave-shaped inner-circumferential surface; a cylindrical column sectionof a transmission memberthat transmits the movement of the moving pieceto a steering columnis inserted into the concave engaging sectionby way of cylindrical spacerand has a cylindrical convex-shaped outer-circumferential surface; and a cylindrical spacerhas a cylindrical convex-shaped outer-circumferential surface and a cylindrical concave-shaped inner-circumferential surface.


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