Patent ID: 8256322
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus, comprising: a fixed bracket having fixed side portions at both sides in a widthwise direction; an outer column that is swingably mounted on the fixed bracket; an arm unit; an inner column; a steering shaft that is rotatably mounted on the arm unit and the inner column; and a tightening tool, wherein the outer column includes a main holding body portion formed in a substantially hollow cylindrical shape, a divided portion that is formed along an axial direction of the main holding body portion, and a tightening portion comprising two tightening plate pieces formed in first and second side locations in a widthwise direction of the divided portion, the arm unit includes a bifurcated arm portion that extends axially outward in a substantially bifurcated shape at an axial front side of the main holding body portion, and a linking portion formed between arms of the bifurcated arm portion, the inner column is held by the outer column, the steering shaft is pivotally supported by the linking portion, and the two tightening plate pieces of the tightening portion are disposed inside the two fixed side portions of the fixed bracket and tightenably connected by the tightening tool.