Patent ID: 9393987
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A steering apparatus comprising: an input shaft of which one end is connected to a steering wheel; and a steering column that rotatably supports the input shaft, wherein the steering column includes a cylindrical outer column and a cylindrical inner column that is partially inserted into the outer column and guides the outer column in an axial direction, the inner column has a stopper, which regulates a movable range of the outer column in the axial direction, arranged on an outer circumferential surface, the stopper has a weight to enlarge the range when the stopper is deformed or moved due to inertial force to be applied to the weight during a primary collision, and the stopper includes a base portion which is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the inner column, a first arm which has one end fixed to the base portion and is axially arranged from the base portion, a hold portion which is fixed to the other end of the first arm, a second arm which has one end fixed to the hold portion and is arranged outward in a radial direction from the hold portion, and the weight which is fixed to the other end of the second arm.