Patent ID: 9604662
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A steering apparatus capable of adjusting a position of a steering wheel by moving a column that holds a shaft of the steering wheel relative to a vehicle body, the steering apparatus comprising: a turning lever for locking and unlocking the column relative to the vehicle body; a cam that converts a turning movement of the turning lever into a movement in an axial direction of the turning movement, thereby locking and unlocking the column; and a sleeve that holds the cam and slides with respect to the cam when the turning lever turns, wherein: grease is applied to a sliding surface between the sleeve and the cam; the cam includes a moving cam that rotates together with the turning lever and a fixed cam that moves in the axial direction due to the rotation of the moving cam; the sleeve slides with respect to the moving cam and the grease is applied to a sliding surface between the sleeve and the moving cam; and the sleeve is rotationally movable, but is fixed axially, relative to the moving cam while the sleeve is axially movable, but is fixed rotationally, relative to the fixed cam.