Patent ID: 7320480

Claim:
A structure for fixing a steering-gear housing to a vehicle-body member, comprising: the vehicle-body member; the steering-gear housing; a first bracket comprising: a first supporting face that is configured to support one circumferential side face of the steering-gear housing, a first abutting face that is arranged at one circumferential end of the first bracket and that is configured to abut the vehicle-body member, a first bolt hole arranged through the first abutting face, and a second abutting face arranged axially opposite to the first abutting face through the first bolt hole; a second bracket comprising: a second supporting face that is configured to support another circumferential side face of the steering-gear housing, a third abutting face that is arranged at one circumferential end of the second bracket and that abuts the second abutting face, and a second bolt hole that is arranged through the third abutting face at a position corresponding to the first bolt hole and that is smaller in an axial length than the first bolt hole; a member that secures another circumferential end of the first bracket and another circumferential end of the second bracket; and a bolt that is arranged from the second bolt hole through the first bolt hole and that is configured to be inserted through a third bolt hole formed in the vehicle-body member to clamp together the first bracket, the second bracket, and the vehicle-body member, wherein the first bracket comprises a protrusion that is arranged at an edge of the first abutting face and that is configured to be engaged in a recess formed in the vehicle-body member.