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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 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-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
FUJI KIKO CO., LTD., Kosai-shi, JP;
Abstract
A steering device includes: a steering shaft and a column jacket that are telescopically adjustable in an axial direction; a lock member that advances to an advance position at which the lock member is engaged with one of holes of a lock plate and that retreats to a retreat position at which the lock member is disengaged from the hole of the lock plate; an operation member that is mechanically separated from the lock member; a biasing member that constantly biases the lock member toward the advance position; and a transmission member that moves the lock member to the retreat position against a biasing force of the biasing member in accordance with operation of the operation member.