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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Takeshi Fujiwara, Gunma, JP;
Toru Segawa, Gunma, JP;
Takahiro Minamigata, Gunma, JP;
Kiyoshi Sadakata, Gunma, JP;
Takeshi Fujiwara, Gunma, JP;
Toru Segawa, Gunma, JP;
Takahiro Minamigata, Gunma, JP;
Kiyoshi Sadakata, Gunma, JP;
NSK. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When adjusting the forward-backward position of a steering wheel, together with reducing any uncomfortable feeling experienced by the driver, a support bracket is prevented from breaking away toward the front due to an extremely large force applied during the adjustment operation. Elastic sleevesare mounted inside the long holesin the forward-backward direction, and an adjustment rodis inserted through the inside of the elastic sleeves. Gapslocated between the outer circumferential surface of both end portions in the forward-backward direction of the elastic sleevesand the inner circumferential surface of the both end portions in the forward-backward direction of the long holesin the forward-backward direction. When adjusting the forward-backward position the steering wheel, the adjustment rodforcibly displaces toward the end portions in the forward-backward direction of the long holesin the forward-backward direction, and when forcibly colliding with the inner circumferential surface of the end portions in the forward-backward direction of the elastic sleeves, the gapsreduce the impact that is applied to the inner circumferential surface of the end portions of the long holesin the forward-backward direction from the adjustment rodby increasing the amount that the end portions of the elastic sleeveselastically deform.