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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 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, Siki-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 a column jacket that are telescopically adjustable in an axial direction; a lock plate provided with a plurality of holes and a plurality of partition portions arranged in the axial direction; and a tooth that advances to and retreats from the lock plate, and that is engaged with one of the holes of the lock plate. The steering shaft includes a first end to which a steering member is mounted and a second end. The partition portions are provided such that a height of a first end-side partition portion in a direction toward the tooth retreated from the lock plate is greater than that of a second end-side partition portion positioned on a second end side of the first end-side partition portion.