Patent ID: 9371086
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A steering column for a vehicle comprising: a hollow lower tube enclosing a steering shaft; and an upper tube fitted on an outer periphery of the lower tube, wherein the upper tube includes: a first portion on which a first slot is slit axially; a second slot is slit circumferentially at the lower end of the first slot; supporting parts protrude from an outer periphery of the first portion at an upper side of the second slot to be diametrically opposed to each other; one or more stress dispersion parts are formed on the outer periphery of the first portion at an axially upper side of the supporting parts to disperse stresses; and a second portion on which an upper tube hole is formed, wherein the first portion protrudes upwardly from an outer periphery of the second portion so that the first portion has an outer circumference greater than that of the second portion, wherein the supporting parts are formed at circumferentially opposite sides of the first slot on the first portion of the upper tube, and wherein the one or more stress dispersion parts are formed by a through-hole spaced from the first slot by a predetermined distance between the first slot and the upper tube hole.