Patent ID: 9132851
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus, comprising: an inner column; an outer column that is fitted around the inner column such that relative sliding movement is possible, and that comprises a pair of left and right through holes; a vehicle installation bracket comprising a left side plate and a right side plate, and vehicle installation bracket attachable to a vehicle; a distance bracket that comprises a pair of left and right clamping sections that are inserted through the pair of left and right through hole and can clamp an outer circumferential surface of the inner column, and together with being fastened to an outer circumferential surface of the outer column, is held between the left side plate and the right side plate of the vehicle installation bracket to be able to slide; and a clamping apparatus that clamps the left side plate and the right side plate of the vehicle installation bracket onto the distance bracket; wherein the pair of left and right clamping sections are formed at both ends of the distance bracket in a front and rear direction of the vehicle, the pair of left and right clamping sections on a rear side of the vehicle being inserted in the through holes, and the pair of left and right clamping sections on the front side of the vehicle being disposed forward from an end surface of the outer column on a front side of the vehicle, wherein, when the distance bracket is clamped by the left side plate and the right side plate of the vehicle installation bracket by the clamping apparatus, the pair of left and right clamping sections of the distance bracket directly clamp the outer circumferential surface of the inner column, such that relative movement in an axial direction of the inner column with respect to the outer column is not possible; wherein a portion of the distance bracket that is fitted around the outer column has an inclined edge that is inclined with respect to a center axis line of the outer column and is fastened to the outer circumferential surface of the outer column by welding the inclined edge to the outer circumferential surface of the outer column such that a major axis of the weld that fastens the distance bracket to the outer column is inclined with respect to the center axis line of the outer column.