Patent ID: 8733201

Claim:
A steering apparatus for a vehicle comprising; a lower shaft; an upper shaft connected to said lower shaft movably thereto along an axial direction and transmitting rotation to said lower shaft; an upper tube supporting said upper shaft rotatably; a lower housing supporting said lower shaft rotatably; a supporting mechanism at a lower side supporting said lower housing relatively to said vehicle; a supporting mechanism at an upper side supporting said upper tube relatively to said vehicle; and a steering lock device locking and unlocking rotation of said upper shaft; said supporting mechanism at said upper side includes a guide supporting mechanism guiding and supporting said upper tube against said lower housing along an axial direction of said upper tube, and a locking mechanism locking said upper tube relatively to said vehicle at an axial position after said axial position of said upper tube is adjusted relatively to said lower housing; said steering lock device includes a key groove mounted in said upper shaft, a cylinder engaging with said key groove at a rotational direction, an actuator inserting and separating said cylinder into and from said key groove, a lock housing guiding said cylinder movably in back and forth direction, and a lock bracket portion mounted in a shape grasping said upper tube by said lock housing therewith; said guide supporting mechanism includes a guide bracket fixed to said upper tube, and a guide portion mounted in said lower housing to guide and support said guide bracket along an axial direction of said upper tube; and said guide bracket and said lock bracket portion are formed to one piece as a whole.