Patent ID: 7311333

Claim:
An impact absorbing type steering column apparatus for an automotive vehicle, capable of adjusting a steering position and, when a secondary collision happens, absorbing impact energy thereof by moving a steering column supported through a bracket on a vehicle body towards the front of the vehicle, characterized in that said bracket includes a vehicle body mounting portion to be fixed to a vehicle body, a vertical wall portion bent substantially in an L-shape from the vehicle body mounting portion through a bending portion, a column fastening/fixing portion extending from the vertical wall portion, and a groove for adjusting a tilt position of the steering column, through which groove a fastening bolt is inserted so that when the fastening bolt is fastened the steering column is fastened and fixed by the column fastening/fixing portion, and when the fastening bolt is unfastened the steering column is released from the column fastening/fixing portion in order to become position adjustable, said groove being formed with a restricting portion for restricting position adjusting movement of the steering column movement within a normal adjustment range, and said groove being extended beyond said restricting portion and being opened at an end, whereby when a secondary collision occurs, movement of said fastening bolt together with the steering column is restricted by said restricting portion so that the bracket is bent at the bending portion to absorb impact energy and, thereafter, said fastening bolt together with the steering column move beyond said restricting portion and are released from the bracket.