Patent ID: 9446783
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A steering apparatus comprising: a steering column including a cylindrical outer column and a cylindrical inner column partially inserted into the outer column, and rotatably supporting an input shaft connected to a steering wheel; two telescopic adjustment portions projecting from an outer peripheral surface of the outer column to extend facing each other, the two telescopic adjustment portions each including an elongated hole elongated in an axial direction of the outer column; a rod penetrating the elongated hole; and an urging member provided on an outer peripheral surface of the inner column exposed from a slit provided between the two telescopic adjustment portions on the outer peripheral surface of the outer column, and urging the rod outward in a radial direction of the inner column, the urging member being positioned in an opening portion provided in an outer peripheral surface of the inner column.