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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Nsk Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
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.