Patent ID: 7721620

Claim:
An adjustable steering apparatus permitting tilting and telescopic motions of a steering wheel, comprising: a movable bracket to which a steering jacket including the steering wheel is fixed and to which a movable telescopic member having a tooth portion is fixedly mounted; a stationary bracket which is disposed externally of the movable bracket and fixed to a vehicle body, and to which a stationary tilt member having a tooth portion is fixedly mounted; a clamp bolt extending through the movable bracket and the stationary bracket; a movable tilt member having a tooth portion meshingly engageable with the tooth portion of the stationary tilt member; and a stationary telescopic member having a tooth portion meshingly engageable with the tooth portion of the movable telescopic member, wherein the stationary telescopic member has a hole allowing the clamp bolt to penetrate therethrough, wherein both the movable tilt member and the stationary tilt member have through holes through which the stationary telescopic member penetrates therethrough, wherein the tooth portion of the stationary telescopic member is configured to mesh with the tooth portion of the movable telescopic member by penetrating through the movable tilt member and stationary tilt member, and wherein the stationary telescopic member and the movable tilt member are mutually independently movable in such a direction that each tooth portion of the stationary telescopic member and the movable tilt member meshingly engages with the tooth portion of the movable telescopic member and the tooth portion of the stationary tilt member, respectively.