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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2014
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Eiji Tanaka, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Susumu Imagaki, Tondabayashi, JP;
Atsushi Tano, Sakurai, JP;
Hiroshi Kawakami, Toyota, JP;
Kenji Imamura, Kosai, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A first plate of a stationary bracket has long holes which extend parallel to a column movement direction, and through which large-diameter portions of suspension bolts are passed. The inner circumferences of the long holes include: recessed curved surface portions of end portions in a direction opposite to the column movement direction; first inner edge portions which are on the side of a middle position between the long holes; and second inner edge portions. In a secondary collision, when the one suspension bolt slides over the first inner edge portion of the long hole, for example, a gap is formed between the other suspension bolt and the second inner edge portion of the long hole.