Patent ID: 8882146

Claim:
A column unit for an electric power steering apparatus, comprising: a metal steering column that is cylindrical and that supports a steering shaft inside thereof such that the steering shaft can rotate; and a housing that is joined and fastened to the front end section of the steering column and houses at least part of the component parts of the electric power steering apparatus inside thereof, the housing being made by casting of a metal that is softer than the metal of the steering column by injection molding of synthetic resin, the steering column provided in the front end section with a bent section, which is formed by bending the front end section of the steering column outward in the radial direction, and a removed section where material has been removed and that passes through the steering column from the inner to outer circumferential surface thereof or between both side surfaces thereof is formed; and the housing formed by casting or injection molding with the bent section and the removed sections being embedded therein.