Patent ID: 7025380

Claim:
A power telescopic steering column comprising: a stationary jacket adapted to be fixed to a vehicle body; a sliding jacket axially slidably received in the stationary jacket; a steering shaft including a first shaft part which is axially movable together with the sliding jacket and adapted to be connected to a steering wheel and a second shaft part which is rotatable together with the first shaft part while being suppressed from moving in an axial direction; an opening formed in the stationary jacket; an electric drive unit fixed to an outer side of the stationary jacket, the drive unit having a threaded output shaft; a nut block operatively engaged with the threaded output shaft; a binding bracket which extends between the sliding jacket and the nut block through the opening of the stationary jacket, the binding bracket including a round gripping portion which is disposed on the sliding jacket and two gripping arms which grasp therebetween the nut block; and a tightening device which applies a pressing force to the binding bracket to allow the binding bracket to tightly grasp the sliding jacket at the round gripping portion and the nut block at the two gripping arms.