Patent ID: 7354068

Claim:
In a tilt and/or telescopic steering column apparatus for a vehicle, in which a column side bracket attached to a steering column is so provided as to be swingable relative to a vehicle body side bracket attached to a vehicle body, said two brackets are fixed relative to each other with pressure by fastening a clamp mechanism and thus fastened in a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment position, while a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment can be made by releasing said two brackets from being fastened by said clamp mechanism, a biasing spring having a pair of biasing end portions is so provided that one of said biasing end portions is attached to the vehicle body or said vehicle body side bracket, and the other of said biasing end portions supports said steering column or said column side bracket, thereby biasing said steering column in an upward direction, an improvement characterized in that a slide member slidably abutting on said steering column or said column side bracket is attached to said other biasing end portion of said spring such that said steering column is upwardly biased by said abutting slide member and, during a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment, said slide member slides relative to said steering column or said column side bracket along an axial direction of said steering column.