Patent ID: 9586611
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B62D

Claim:
1. A steering system comprising: a steering shaft to which a steering member is coupled and which is enabled to extend and contract in an axial direction; a column jacket including an outer jacket that includes a slit and a pair of clamped portions disposed on both sides of the slit and an inner jacket fitted into the outer jacket and coated with an insulating coating layer all along an outer periphery of the inner jacket except for a predetermined area, the column jacket supporting the steering shaft so that the steering shaft is rotatable and being enabled to extend and contract in the axial direction; a bracket that supports the clamped portions of the outer jacket and that is fixed to a vehicle body; a clamping mechanism including a clamping shaft that is supported in clamping shaft insertion holes in the clamped portions so as to be energized and that clamps the clamped portions via the clamping shaft so that the outer jacket holds the inner jacket; and a conductive elastic member including a first portion engaged with one of a slit inside portion of the clamping shaft that is positioned in the slit and the predetermined area so as to be energized and a second portion that slide-contacts the other of the slit inside portion and the predetermined area.