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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Tomonori Sugiura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Kiyoto Takei, Kashihara, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus includes a gear lock mechanism that fastens a first side plate to a second side plate by a fastening member. In a lock operation, a main body of the fastening member of a fastening mechanism presses a second tooth row forming member toward the first side plate, and a guided projection of the fastening member rotates slightly in the range of play in a lock direction. The fastening member slightly rotates the second tooth row forming member in the lock direction via a restricting portion. During the slight rotation, a second tooth row of the second tooth row forming member is aligned with and meshes with a first tooth row of the first side plate.