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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Ryota Okano, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masayoshi Sakuda, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/184 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/185 (2013.01); B62D 1/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
An outer jacket externally fitted over an inner jacket so as to be slidable in an axial direction relative to the inner jacket has a slit extending straight from an opening formed at a jacket end. A recessed portion is formed at an inner edge of the slit such that a slit width at an inside diameter portion of the outer jacket is larger than a slit width at an outside diameter portion of the outer jacket. An amount of recess of the recessed portion in a circumferential direction of the outer jacket continuously decreases from the opening end to an area end.