Patent ID: 8985629
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus comprising: a steering shaft having a rear portion configured to allow a steering wheel to be mounted; a column supporting the steering shaft in a rotatable manner: a bracket attached to the column and including a flange portion; left and right capsules, each configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and including an upper holding plate and a lower holding plate for holding the flange portion therebetween; a coupling part coupling the flange portion and the capsules such that the flange portion is detachable from the capsules by an impact force toward a front side of the vehicle body; a rounded portion formed at a front end portion of the flange portion and having a curvature radius which varies along a vehicle width direction; and an energy absorbing member including a rear portion engaged with the capsules, a front extension portion extending forward from the rear portion, a bent portion bent in front of the rounded portion, and a rear extension portion extending rearward such that the rear extension portion is inclined in the vehicle width direction with respect to a center axis of the column, wherein the energy absorbing member is configured such that the energy absorbing member is plastically deformed by a pressure from the rounded portion moving along the energy absorbing member due to a forward movement of the flange portion.