Patent ID: 8640567
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A steering column device, comprising: a male screw shaft member rotatably supported by any one of a fixed side bracket and a movable side bracket and provided with a male screw portion extending in an axial direction of the male screw shaft member; and a female screw member provided on the other one of the fixed side bracket and the movable side bracket, wherein the movable side bracket is movable relative to the fixed side bracket in such a manner that the female screw member is moved relative to the male screw shaft member by rotating the male screw shaft member, wherein the female screw member comprises: thereby the pair of nuts are separated from each other in the axial direction of the male screw shaft when the tip end of the wedge member is inserted between the pair of nuts, and outside surfaces of the female screw portions of the respective nuts come into contact with the male screw portion of the male screw shaft member and the outside surfaces of the female screw portions of the respective nuts get held by the male screw portion of the male screw shaft member, and wherein the pair of nuts are held in the nut container by the casing by means of the wedge member in a state where the pair of nuts are regulated from moving in the axial direction of the nut container.