Patent ID: 9296410
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A steering device comprising: an upper shaft having an outer spline; a lower shaft having an inner spline; a cover member of a cylindrical shape having a large inner-diameter portion and a small inner-diameter portion on an inner circumferential side of the cover member; and an annular sealing member, wherein a portion to be locked is formed in a circumferential direction on an outer circumference close to an upper side of the lower shaft, the annular sealing member is locked and attached to the portion to be locked, the upper shaft and the lower shaft are slidably connected through the outer spline and the inner spline, the cover member covers a connection portion connecting the upper shaft and the lower shaft, an upper end of the cover member is fixed to an upper side of the upper shaft, an outer circumference of the sealing member is not in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the large inner-diameter portion of the cover member, and the sealing member comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the small inner-diameter portion by reaching the small inner-diameter portion of the cover member in an extension process of the upper shaft and the lower shaft.