Patent ID: 11970204
Assignee: NSK LTD.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A steering device comprising:
a steering column that supports a steering shaft coupled to a steering wheel;
an upper bracket that is fixed to a vehicle body and supports the steering column; and
two lower brackets that are independently fixed to the vehicle body on both sides of the steering column and support the steering column in such a manner that allows the steering column to sway in a vertical direction,
wherein
the lower brackets each includes
a fixed portion that is a plate-shaped member facing the vehicle body and is disposed on an outside of the steering column in a vehicle width direction,
a pivot portion that is a plate-shaped member facing the steering column and has an attachment hole into which a pin member for coupling the steering column to the lower bracket is inserted, and
a pair of rib portions that are each a plate-shaped member connected to the fixed portion and the pivot portion by a bent portion shaped into a bent plate,

the steering column includes a column pivoting restrictor facing an end surface on a lower side of the pivot portion while leaving a gap,
the pivot portion is perpendicular to the fixed portion,
each of the pair of rib portions extends from a top end of the pivot portion to a bottom end of the pivot portion,
each of the pair of rib portions is perpendicular to the fixed portion and the pivot portion, and
each of the pair of rib portions, as viewed from the vehicle width direction, is perpendicular to the end surface on the lower side of the pivot portion, to which the collision load due to the collision with the column pivoting restrictor is input.