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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi, JP;
Eiji Tanaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Susumu Magaki, Tondabayashi, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
Shunsuke Nunomura, Kashihara, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A resin pin which is passed through a first resin-pin passing hole of a first plate, and a second resin-pin passing hole of a second plate to couple the second plate to a predetermined position of the first plate is sheared in a secondary collision, and causes the second plate to release from the predetermined position in a column movement direction. A slide plate which extends along the upper surface of the first plate has a resin-pin visual check hole. A highly hard collar is received by the second plate, placed in the first resin-pin passing hole, and fitted to a shaft portion of the resin pin. In the resin pin, axial elastic projections which apply a pressing and urging force to the slide plate are disposed at positions avoiding a range where, in a secondary collision, the resin-pin visual check hole is passed in the column movement direction.