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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/187 (2006.01); B62D 1/184 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/187 (2013.01); B62D 1/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
Construction of a tilt steering apparatus is provided that is capable of preventing the occurrence of unpleasant noise during height adjustment of a steering wheel, and maintains sufficient durability and smooth operation. The tilt steering apparatus of the present invention is provided with stoppersin at least two locations in a buffer memberc that are rotationally symmetric about the center axis of an adjustment rod, and that when a driven-side camis rotated as the axial dimension of a cam apparatusis expanded or contracted, controls rotation of the driven-side camso that a convex engaging portiondoes not collide with the front-side edge or rear-side edge of a vertically long hole