Patent ID: 8596683
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus comprising: a lower column that can be fixed to a vehicle body by front side thereof with respect to the vehicle body; an upper column that is fitted to the lower column in such a way as to be able to move frontward with respect to the vehicle body and rotatably supports a steering shaft on which a steering wheel is attached; an upper bracket that can be attached to the vehicle body, and can move in such a way that it can be detached forward with respect to the vehicle body together with the upper column by an impact force upon a secondary collision; and an impact-energy-absorption member that absorbs impact energy by making plastic deformation with fitting to the upper bracket upon moving the upper bracket frontward with respect to the vehicle body; wherein the steering apparatus further camprises: a guide bracket that is fixed to the lower column by front side thereof with respect to the vehicle body, extends rearward with respect to the vehicle body along the lower column, and has a guide groove that guides the movement of the upper column upon a secondary collision; and a guide pin that is fixed to the upper bracket and can move with the upper bracket with the outer circumferential surface of its shaft portion being guided by the guide groove, the guide bracket having a gap setting portion that forms a gap extending front and rear direction with respect to the vehicle body between the guide bracket and the upper bracket, and the guide groove is formed on the gap setting portion, and the impact-energy-absorption member being latched to the guide bracket, and including an extending portion that extends in the gap between the gap setting portion of the guide bracket and the upper bracket.