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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Hidenobu Tanaka, Shiki-gun, JP;
Masayuki Nagaoka, Kashiba, JP;
Hiromitsu Tomiyama, Kashihara, JP;
Atsumune Nagatani, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/184 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a steering system configured such that occurrence of a half lock is suppressed, when a body portion of a tooth member is pressed in a lock operation of locking the position of a steering column, the tooth member is extended to move a pair of second tooth row forming portions away from each other obliquely with respect to a lateral direction of an elongate tilt hole along the outer surface of a fastening side plate.