Patent ID: 8707818
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering device, comprising: a vehicle body attaching bracket which can be attached to a vehicle body; a column in which a tilt position thereof is supported adjustably by the vehicle body attaching bracket, and a steering shaft mounted with a steering wheel is axially supported pivotably; a fastening rod which is inserted to a tilt adjusting long groove formed at a side plate and the column in order to fasten to clamp the column to a left and right pair of the side plates of the vehicle body attaching bracket at a desired tilt position; a fixed cam which is supported by one end of the fastening rod and presses an inner side face of one of the side plates of the vehicle body attaching bracket to the column; a movable cam which is supported pivotably by the one end of the fastening rod along with an operating lever opposedly to the fixed cam; a cam face which is provided to each of faces of the fixed cam and the movable cam opposed to each other, and presses the movable cam to the fixed cam relatively in an axial direction; a detent portion which is formed at the fixed cam in order to make the fixed cam unable to rotate relative to the movable cam, is inwardly fitted to the tilt adjusting long groove, and is made to be slidable along the tilt adjusting long groove in adjusting a tilt position of the column; a fixed tilt lock gear which is attached to an outer side face of the one of side plates of the vehicle body attaching bracket; a movable tilt lock gear which is pivoted in synchronism with an operation of pivoting the operating lever and can be brought in mesh with the fixed tilt lock gear; and a rib which is formed along the tilt adjusting long groove at a vicinity of the tilt adjusting long groove of the one of side plates, and restrains an elastic deformation of the one of side plate when the column is fastened to clamp.