Patent ID: 8651526

Claim:
A steering apparatus, comprising: a steering column that rotatably supports a steering shaft to which a steering wheel is coupled; and a fixed bracket that is fixed to a vehicle body member by a fastening member to support the steering column, that is configured to be removed from the vehicle body member and displaced toward a front of a vehicle when a load that is larger than or equal to a predetermined load and that is directed toward the front of the vehicle is exerted on the fixed bracket, and that includes a vehicle body-side bracket that is fixed to the vehicle body member, a column-side bracket to which the steering column is fixed, and a shaft member that couples the vehicle body-side bracket to the column-side bracket, wherein the vehicle body-side bracket has a first through-hole that extends through the vehicle body-side bracket in an axial direction of the steering shaft, the fixed bracket is provided with a guide rail that guides the fixed bracket removed from the vehicle body member toward the front of the vehicle along the axial direction; the guide rail has a body portion and a fixed portion that is fixed to the vehicle body member, wherein the body portion extends from the fixed portion toward the front of the vehicle in the axial direction and is inserted in the first through-hole; a hook portion is formed at a vehicle front-side end portion of the body portion; and the hook portion is configured such that the fixed bracket removed from the vehicle body member is engaged with the hook portion.