Patent ID: 7320290

Claim:
A steering column bracket for supporting a steering column on a deck cross member spanned across a vehicle body frame in a width direction of the vehicle body, secured to the deck cross member to function as a mounting base portion for the steering column, the steering column bracket comprising a receiving main body put to the deck cross member from below, a sling plate straddling the deck cross member from above to be spanned over the receiving main body, the receiving main body is formed into a sectionally groove shape by integrally coupling respective lower edges of a symmetric pair of abutting plate portions and corresponding opposite ends of a mounting plate portion, the mounting plate portion provides a mounting portion for the steering column, each of the abutting plate portions is formed in a shape of twin peaks that comprises a notch edge located between the twin peaks and shaped along a sectional shape of the deck cross member, a front inclined edge and a rear inclined edge aligning with tangents to the deck cross member, both the notch edges are put and welded to the deck cross member from below, the sling plate has an intermediate part face brought in contact with the deck cross member from above, and a front part face and a rear part face protruding from the deck cross member to align with the tangents to the deck cross member, the front inclined edges and the rear inclined edges of both the abutting plate portions of the receiving main body aligning with the tangents to the deck cross member being respectively brought in contact with the front part face and the rear part face from below, side edges of the intermediate part face of the sling plate are welded to the deck cross member, and the front inclined edges and the rear inclined edges of the receiving main body are respectively welded to the front part face and the rear part face of the sling plate.