Patent ID: 8578812

Claim:
A position adjusting device for a steering wheel comprising: a steering shaft that fixes a steering wheel to an end section thereof; a steering column that is provided around the steering shaft and that rotatably supports the steering shaft thereon; a displacement side bracket set on one part of the steering column; a fixed side bracket that has a pair of left and right supporting plate sections provided in a state of sandwiching the displacement side bracket from both left and right sides and that is fixed on a vehicle body side; first and second friction members being plate-shaped respectively; and a pressing device that includes a rod member and that clamps the first and second friction members, the supporting plate sections, and the displacement side bracket; the first and second friction members each having a through hole or an elongated hole that is elongate in a direction of position adjustment of the steering wheel, through which the rod member can be inserted; at least one friction member having the elongated hole that is elongate in the direction of position adjustment, among the first and second friction members, being supported on the fixed side bracket or the displacement side bracket; and the first and second friction members being arranged, in a state of being alternately superposed; wherein the first and second friction members are arranged between a side face of the displacement side bracket and an inner face of one of the supporting plate sections of the fixed side bracket that faces the side face of the displacement side bracket, wherein respective sets of the first and second friction members are arranged between both of the left and right side faces of the displacement side bracket and the inner faces of the pair of supporting plate sections of the fixed side bracket, wherein first friction members of the respective sets are connected by a first connecting section, forming a substantially three-sided rectangular shape open at one side thereof, to thereby integrate the first friction members on both sides of the steering column, and wherein second friction members of the respective sets are connected by a second connecting section, forming a substantially three-sided rectangular shape open at one side thereof, to thereby integrate the second friction members on both sides of the steering column.