Patent ID: 7437968

Claim:
A steering column device comprising, a column body being hollow, an upper bearing and a lower bearing provided inside said column body, a steering shaft being rotatably supported by said upper bearing and said lower bearing, having a steering wheel being mounted on the upper end thereof and a vehicle body steering mechanism being coupled with the lower end thereof, a lower body mounting part formed in the lower part side of said column body so that said column body is supported in a tilted manner with respect to the vehicle body, and an upper body mounting part formed in the upper part side of said column body so that said column body is supported in a tilted manner with respect to the vehicle body, characterized in that said column body has a shape more swelled laterally from said steering shaft than a portion where the upper bearing is provided, having a swelled shell part of deformed cross section with opposed walls parallel to each other, and said lower body mounting part and said upper body mounting part are formed on this swelled shell part.