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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2015
Nsk Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus () is disclosed, which includes: a steering shaft () having a conductive property and transferring a steering force; an outer column () having a conductive property and supporting the steering shaft () rotatably; an inner column () having a conductive property, being fitted in the outer column () to enable a relative movement in an axial direction supporting the steering shaft () rotatably together with the outer column (); a bracket () having a conductive property, retaining the outer column () and being fixed to a vehicle body; and an electrifying lead () having a conductive property and configuring a part of an electrifying path leading to the vehicle body from the inner column ().