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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., Kosai-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihito Yoshihara, Kashihara, JP;
Tomonori Sugiura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Obu, JP;
Atsumune Nagatani, Kashihara, JP;
Tatsuro Kubota, Shiki-gun, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Yota Uesaka, Toyohashi, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
FUJI KIKO CO., LTD., Kosai, JP;
Abstract
A steering device includes: a steering shaft and a column jacket that are telescopically adjustable in an axial direction; a lock plate provided with a plurality of holes; a support shaft that extends in a cross direction crossing the axial direction and includes a low-strength portion to be broken when a load acts on the steering shaft and the column jacket; and a lock member that advances to the lock plate to be engaged with one of the holes. The lock member is disengaged from the one of holes when the support shaft is broken in a state in which the lock member is engaged with the one of the holes.