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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Showa Corporation, Gyoda-shi, JP;
Inventors:
Tsutomu Kimijima, Haga-gun, JP;
Tatsuya Saito, Haga-gun, JP;
Assignee:
SHOWA CORPORATION, Gyoda-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 7/18 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering apparatus includes a collision relaxation member provided on a surface of a housing, the surface being opposed to each rack end in a vehicle width direction. The collision relaxation member includes an elastic member arranged in an outer side of a rack shaft in a radial direction and absorbing a collision load from the corresponding rack end, and a shock absorbing member provided in an inner peripheral side of the elastic member and buckling by abutting of the rack end.