Patent ID: 7216561
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A tilt adjusting type steering apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a front column member fixed to a vehicle body; a rear column member tiltably connected to said front column member; a fixed gear provided on one of said front column member and said rear column member; a movable gear provided on the other of said front column member and said rear column member; a gear pressing lever swayed to effect fastening of said rear column member at a tilt adjusted position by making said movable gear mesh with said fixed gear or to effect releasing of said rear column member from the tilt adjusted position by disengagement of said movable gear and said fixed gear from each other; and an operator lever for interlocking with and swaying said gear pressing lever while being swayed by an operation of an operator, wherein a center of swaying movement of said gear pressing lever and a center of swaying movement of said operator lever are different from each other, said operator lever having a portion which presses a portion of said gear pressing lever and shifts relative to said portion of said gear pressing lever during an operation of said operation lever.