Patent ID: 6282978
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
A tilt-lock device for a tilt-type steering column of a motor vehicle, comprising;a clamp adapted to be fixed to a body of said motor vehicle, said clamp being formed with spaced first side walls which define therebetween a recess for passing therethrough a jacket tube of the steering column;a distance bracket formed with spaced second side walls which support thereon said jacket tube, said distance bracket being slidably movably disposed between the first side walls of said clamp in such a manner that outer surfaces of said second side walls are in contact with inner surfaces of said first side walls;openings formed in lower portions of said first and second side walls;a fastening bolt passing through said openings and having a threaded leading end projected outside of one of said first side walls, said fastening bolt being suppressed from rotation about its axis relative to said first side walls;a nut operatively engaged with said threaded leading end of the fastening bolt, said nut forcing said first side walls in incline toward each other when turned about said threaded leading end in a fastening direction; andmeans for lowering a possibility of producing a gap between each of said first side walls and each of said second side walls when said first side walls are forced to incline toward each other;wherein said means comprises a structure of said distance bracket wherein when said distance bracket is applied with substantially no stress, the distance between upper ends of said second side walls is substantially equal to the distance between said first side walls and greater than the distance between lower ends of said second side walls.