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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A steering wheel is coupled to a steering gear via a steering shaft, an intermediate shaft, a clutch input shaft and a clutch output shaft. When viewed in a vehicle transverse direction, a tilt angle α of the clutch input shaft relative to the horizontal plane is set to be smaller than a tilt angle β of the intermediate shaft relative to the horizontal plane. A steering column is supported by a vehicle body via a tilt pivot for adjusting a tilt position. Even when the steering column is located at any tilt position, the relationship of α<β is set to be maintained when viewed in the vehicle transverse direction. The center position of a universal joint between the steering shaft and the intermediate shaft is misaligned with the center position of the tilt pivot when viewed in the vehicle transverse direction.