Patent ID: 9132852
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B21D,B62D

Abstract:
1. A support bracket for supporting a steering column made by punching and bending a metal plate into a single piece having a left and right asymmetrical shape, and comprising: a base plate section provided in a width direction on a rear end section of the support bracket and having end sections in the direction; a pair of left and right rear installation plate sections provided on the end sections in the width direction of the base plate section; a first extended section and a second extended section respectively extending forward from an edge on a front end of each of the left and right rear installation plate sections; a first side plate section provided in a state of being bent upward from an edge on an inside in the width direction of the first extended section; a second side plate section provided in a state of being bent upward from an edge on an outside in the width direction of the second extended section; a first front installation plate section provided in a state of being bent outward in the width direction from an edge on a top end of the first side plate section; a second front installation plate section provided in a state of being bent outward in the width direction from an edge on a top end of the second side plate section; a first reinforcement plate section extending downward and forward from an edge on a front end of the first front installation plate section, and having an edge on a rear end that is continuous to the edge on the front end of the first front installation section by way of a bent section, and an edge on an end in the width direction that is continuous to the edge on the top end of the first side plate section by way of a bent section; and a second reinforcement plate section extending downward and backward from an edge on a rear end of the second front installation plate section, and having an edge on a front end that is continuous to the edge on the rear end of the second front installation plate section by way of a bent section, and an edge on an end in the width direction that is continuous to the edge on the top end of the second side plate section by way of a bent section.