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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Jun Yamada, Maebashi, JP;
NSK LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus capable of easily and sufficiently mitigating rattles and rattling sounds during a positional adjustment of a steering wheel without affecting the operability of a pivot lever is provided. A steering apparatuscan move a columnthat holds a shaft of a steering wheel H with respect to a vehicle body to adjust a tilt position and a telescopic position of the steering wheel H. The steering apparatusincludes: a pivot leverfor unclamping and unclamping the columnwith respect to the vehicle body; a movable camand a fixed camthat clamp and unclamp the columnby changing a turn of the pivot leverinto an axial movement of said turn; a sleevethat holds the movable camand slides against the movable camwhen the pivot leveris turned; and a ring springthat presses the sleeveagainst the sliding surface of the movable cam