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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tatsuro Kubota, Shiki-gun, JP;
Tomonori Sugiura, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Obu, JP;
Shoji Ishimura, Kashihara, JP;
Shigeru Hoshino, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka-shi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A steering apparatus includes a steering shaft; a column jacket including an outer jacket including a slit and a pair of fastened portions, and an inner jacket; a fastening mechanism; an engaged tooth formation member including at least one engaged tooth and fixed to the inner jacket; a support shaft including end portions supported by support holes of the fastened portions; a tubular reinforcing member fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the support shaft at a prescribed area between the pair of end portions; and an engaging tooth formation member including an engaging tooth that engages with the engaged tooth.