Patent ID: 11932303
Assignee: YAMADA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A steering device comprising:
a pipe into which a steering shaft is inserted to be rotatable around an axis along a front-rear direction;
a housing supported by a vehicle body and configured to support the pipe to be movable in the front-rear direction;
a telescopic mechanism configured to move the pipe with respect to the housing in the front-rear direction; and
a load absorbing mechanism configured to connect the pipe and the telescopic mechanism to each other,
wherein the telescopic mechanism includes
an actuator coupled to the housing, and
a feed mechanism having an engaging portion coupled to the actuator and an engaged portion coupled to the load absorbing mechanism and engaged with the engaging portion in the front-rear direction, and configured to transmit a driving force of the actuator to the pipe via the engaging portion and the engaged portion,

the load absorbing mechanism includes
an extending portion provided in any one member of the pipe and the feed mechanism and extending in the front-rear direction, and
sliding portions each provided on both sides in a left-right direction with respect to the extending portion in the other member of the pipe and the telescopic mechanism, and moving with respect to the one member while sliding on a side surface of the extending portion which faces the left-right direction, when a forward load acting on the pipe has a predetermined value or greater, and

at least one of the sliding portions includes
a front pressing portion that comes into contact with the side surface of the extending portion, and
a rear pressing portion provided behind the front pressing portion, and in which a first distance in the left-right direction between the rear pressing portion and the other sliding portion facing the one sliding portion across the extending portion is shorter than a second distance in the left-right direction between the front pressing portion and the other sliding portion.