Patent ID: 6688644
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A steering apparatus, comprising:a steering shaft; a cylindrical column housing for supporting said steering shaft so as to be rotatable; a column bracket provided on said column housing; a tilting bracket fixed to a part of a vehicle and having side walls; tilting apertures which are respectively formed at the side walls of said tilting bracket; guiding apertures which are arranged in an extension to the tilting apertures; a stopper provided transversely between the side walls at boundary portions between the tilting apertures and the guiding apertures; and a contact projection which is projected toward the stopper from the column bracket at a position corresponding to a substantially center portion between both side walls of the tilting bracket; wherein the column bracket is supported between both side walls of the tilting bracket so as to be displaceable along the tilting apertures for adjusting a tilt angle of the steering shaft, and the stopper, which is pressured by the column bracket by the action of energy of a secondary crash applied to the steering shaft at the time of a crash of the vehicle, slides along the guiding apertures.