Patent ID: 9016722
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering column device, comprising: a steering column for supporting a steering shaft in a freely rotatable manner; a guide plate having a guide groove extending in a fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle along a column axis direction, a column bracket for supporting the steering column at a position below the guide plate, a coupling member coupled to the column bracket through the guide groove of the guide plate, an upper column cover assembled above the steering column at a position corresponding to a vehicle rear of the guide plate, the guide plate comprising, at a vehicle rear portion thereof, means for mitigating an impact to be caused when the upper column cover strikes, in an event of collision of the vehicle, against the vehicle rear portion of the guide plate along with movement of the steering column toward the front of the vehicle together with the column bracket, the means for mitigating an impact comprising means for guiding the upper column cover toward a lower side of the guide plate, the means for guiding comprising a breaking portion for breaking an upper front portion of the upper column cover.