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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Nsk Ltd., Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/027 (2006.01); B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/187 (2006.01); B62D 1/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/027 (2013.01); B62D 1/185 (2013.01); B62D 1/187 (2013.01); B62D 1/192 (2013.01);
Abstract
A steering apparatus is disclosed, which includes a steering shaft (), an outer column (), an inner column () fitted in the outer column, a guide member () received in a guide groove () formed in the outer column and fitted to the inner column (), and an electrifying member () fitted to the inner column inwardly of the guide groove and getting in contact with the outer column ().