Patent ID: 6964432

Claim:
An automotive steering system, comprising: a steering shaft having a steering wheel; a steering column to which the steering shaft is rotatably attached; a movable bracket to which the steering column is attached; a stationary bracket attached to a body of a vehicle; and a connecting mechanism attaching the movable bracket to the stationary bracket in such a manner that the movable bracket moves back and forth in an axial direction of the steering shaft, whereby the positions of the steering shaft and the steering wheel are adjustable in the axial direction of the steering shaft, the connecting mechanism comprising: left and right elongate holes extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft and a pair of flat pin guide surfaces also extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft between the left and right elongate holes, said elongate holes and said pin guide surfaces being operatively connected to one of the stationary bracket and the movable bracket; and a connecting pin operatively attached to the other of the movable bracket and the stationary bracket, the connecting pin being inserted between the pair of pin guide surfaces so that the connecting pin is guided by the pair of pin guide surfaces in such a manner as to be relatively moved in the axial direction of the steering shaft.