Patent ID: 7707908

Claim:
A steering unit support device for a vehicle, comprising: a fixing bracket fixed to a cross member of a vehicle body; a steering column inclined, in a lateral direction of the vehicle body, with respect to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle body as the steering column extends in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; a steering shaft rotatably supported by the steering column and connected to a steering wheel of the vehicle; a rear support bracket supporting the steering column and attached to the fixing bracket; a guide plate attached to the fixing bracket, the guide plate having a side surface, extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and spaced apart from the rear support bracket prior to an external force acting on the rear support bracket, and the side surface restricting movement of the rear support bracket in the width direction of the vehicle body by making contact with the rear support bracket when the rear support bracket moves due to the external force acting thereon; a front support bracket located more forward than the rear support bracket and fixed to the fixing bracket for supporting a front portion of the steering column, such that the steering column is movable toward a front of the vehicle body, the front support bracket having a side wall located on a lateral side of the steering column; and a spacer disposed between the steering column and the side wall of the front support bracket located on the lateral side of the steering column, the spacer being arranged to be removed from between the side wall and the steering column when the rear support bracket is detached from the fixing bracket, to create a gap between the steering column and the side wall of the front support bracket located on the lateral side of the steering column.