Patent ID: 8910977
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering device comprising: a steering column that rotatably supports a steering wheel; a column side bracket that supports the steering column; a vehicle body side bracket coupled to the column side bracket; and an impact absorption mechanism configured to move the steering column in a direction along the steering column in a second collision, wherein the impact absorption mechanism includes: the impact absorption member being integrally formed with an elastic supporting portion and an extending portion, the elastic supporting portion being supported by the vehicle body side bracket and elastically supporting the steering column, the supporting member being supported by a vehicle body and supporting a part of the extending portion in a longitudinal direction of the extending portion, the supporting member being disposed on a first side of the steering column, and the supporting member deforming the extending portion that relatively moves with respect to the supporting member, the elastic supporting portion having a portion that is engaged to the vehicle body side bracket, and extending to a second side of the steering column such that the second side of the steering column is opposite the first side of the steering column and the elastic support portion supports the steering column from below, and the extending portion extending in a direction along the steering column at a position on the first side of the steering column above a position at which the elastic support portion is engaged to the vehicle body side bracket.