Patent ID: 8522639

Claim:
A steering apparatus, comprising: a fixed bracket; a movable bracket comprising a movable side portion in which holes for telescopic adjustment are formed at both sides in a width direction; a sliding shaft support member that comprises a shaft support hole formed therein and can slide inside the holes for telescopic adjustment; and a tightening tool that links the fixed bracket and the movable bracket and is supported by the sliding shaft support member, wherein the holes for telescopic adjustment have both end edges in an up-down direction as guide edges and have both ends in a front-rear direction as stop end edges, wherein the sliding shaft support member comprises a main sliding unit comprising an inelastic resin and buffer portions comprising one of a rubber and a resin, wherein recesses are formed at both sides in the front-rear direction and close to a center in the up-down direction in the main sliding unit, wherein the buffer portions comprise abutment pieces formed along an entire surface at both ends in the front-rear direction of the main sliding unit and insertion pieces to be inserted into the recesses, wherein upper and lower surfaces of the main sliding unit are in a state of sliding contact with the guide edges of the hole for telescopic adjustment, and wherein the buffer portions can abut only on the two stop end edges and do not come into contact with the two guide edges.