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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2013
Nsk Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The electric steering wheel position adjustment apparatus of the present invention is constructed so as to improve the support rigidity of a portion that constitutes a steering column apparatus thereof, such that the steering shaftand the steering columnhave non-expandable construction, but are able to be displaced in the axial direction; holding holes are provided in at least two locations on the top side of the column holderthat supports the steering column; and in each of the holding holes, a sliding plate, an elastic memberand a coverare assembled such that the sliding plateis elastically compressed by the elastic memberand pushes the outer circumferential surface of the steering column