Patent ID: 8336669
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A steering apparatus comprising: a steering column supported by a vehicle body; a connected member that, when the steering column is supported by the vehicle body, is connected and fastened to a front end section of the steering column, with a bottom end section thereof protruding further downward than a bottom surface of the front end section of the steering column; and a tilted plate that tilts downward in the forward direction arranged below and behind a portion of the bottom end section of the connected member that protrudes further downward than the bottom surface of the front end section of the steering column, such that the tilted plate covers at least a central section in the width direction of this protruding portion, wherein the tilted plate is a component of an accessory part that is connected and fastened to the steering column or the connected member directly or by way of another member, and wherein the accessory part is capable of decreasing the tilt angle of the tilted plate with respect to a horizontal plane a specified amount by applying a pressure force to the bottom surface of the tilted plate, and has a function of absorbing the energy of the applied pressure by the decrease of this tilt angle and deformation of the tilted plate itself.