Patent ID: 9505426
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A steering column device, comprising: a lower jacket including a plate-shaped bottom wall arranged in a horizontal direction and a pair of upstanding walls upstanding in a vertical direction, thereby being formed into an upward U shape; an upper jacket including a pair of vertical walls along the vertical direction and a pair of horizontal walls along the horizontal direction, thereby providing a substantially rectangular-cylindrical shaped cross section, the upper jacket being arranged movably in the lower jacket along a vehicle longitudinal direction; a distance bracket arranged in the upper jacket to have telescopic slots each constituted by a through-hole which opens along the vehicle longitudinal direction; an operating shaft penetrating through the pair of upstanding walls and the telescopic slots; a lock mechanism disposed on the operating shaft and also configured so as to narrow an interval between the pair of upstanding walls by rotating the operating shaft about an axis thereof in a fastening direction, thereby bringing the lower jacket into pressure contact with the distance bracket; telescopic guide holes provided in either one of the pair of upstanding walls and the pair of vertical walls and also each constituted by a through-hole which opens along the vehicle longitudinal direction; and co-fastening pins provided on the other of the pair of upstanding walls and the pair of vertical walls to penetrate through the telescopic guide holes movably in the telescopic guide holes and also configured to fasten the one of the pair of upstanding walls and the pair of vertical walls so that the vertical walls can move on the upstanding walls.