Patent ID: 7090250

Claim:
A steering system for a vehicle, a steering column of the steering system being separated in a certain axial position into a stationary column portion on a steering gear side and a movable column portion on a steering wheel side opposite to the steering gear side, the steering system comprising: 1) a tilt mechanism including a pivotal shaft which is disposed at a portion between the stationary column portion and the movable column portion and extends in a sidewise direction of the vehicle, the tilt mechanism being adapted to pivot the movable column portion upward and downward around the pivotal shaft, the tilt mechanism controlling the movable column portion to be secured in a certain upper pivotal position and a certain lower pivotal position for a driving of the vehicle; 2) a telescope mechanism adapted to pull out and push in in a forward-backward direction of the vehicle the movable column portion including the pivotal shaft; 3) a pop up mechanism for allowing the movable column portion to make a popping up over an uppermost pivotal position defined by the tilt mechanism; and 4) a pop up mechanism controlling mechanism for controlling the popping up of the movable column portion by the pop up mechanism until the movable column portion pulled out by the telescope mechanism has a certain length.