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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., Kosai-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Matsuno, Kosai, JP;
Koji Sawamura, Kosai, JP;
So Tanaka, Kosai, JP;
Tadao Ito, Toyohashi, JP;
FUJI KIKO CO., LTD., Kosai-shi, JP;
Abstract
A steering column device has a downward U-shaped attachment bracket, an upward U-shaped lower jacket, a polygonal cylindrical mid jacket, a polygonal cylindrical upper jacketinserted into the polygonal cylindrical mid jacketand a shock energy absorbing mechanismto absorb a shock energy at the time of a secondary collision. The shock energy absorbing mechanismhas a contracting guide partto perform sliding and contracting operation of the upper jacketto the mid jacketseparately from an energy absorbing part. The contracting guide partis formed by interposing a plurality of linear guidesat an overlapping part between the mid jacketand the upper jacket, linear guidesin which a plurality of bollsarranged in the sliding direction of the mid jacketand the upper jacketare connected to each other through holders