Patent ID: 8540280
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus comprising: a lower column that can be fixed to a vehicle body by its front side with respect to the vehicle body; an upper column that is fitted to said lower column in such a way as to be able to make collapsing movement or 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 in such a way that it can be detached forward with respect to the vehicle body together with said upper column by an impact force upon a secondary collision; a guide bracket that is fixed to said lower column by its front side with respect to the vehicle body, extends rearward with respect to the vehicle body along said lower column, and has a guide groove that guides the collapsing movement of said upper column upon a secondary collision; and a guide pin that is fixed to said upper bracket and can move with the upper bracket with the outer circumferential surface of its shaft portion being guided by said guide groove, wherein said guide bracket has a flat plate portion that is not in contact with said upper bracket, said flat plate portion being provided with said guide groove, said guide pin has a head portion provided on top of the shaft portion of the guide pin and having a diameter larger than the shaft portion, and the steering apparatus comprises a gap setting portion that is in abutment with an upper surface of said upper bracket when said guide pin is fixed to said upper bracket to set the length of a gap between a lower surface of said head portion and an upper surface of the upper bracket to a predetermined value.