Patent ID: 8065896

Claim:
A steering apparatus, comprising: a lock bar; a steering shaft that transmits a steering torque and that is formed by connecting multiple shaft members to each other; and a key ring that is press-fitted onto the steering shaft and that has a lock bar insertion portion formed in an outer periphery of the key ring; wherein when the lock bar is inserted into the lock bar insertion portion, the key ring restricts rotation of the steering shaft using a friction force that is generated at a press-fit portion that faces the steering shaft, when the steering torque that is input in the steering shaft exceeds the friction force, the steering shaft slides with respect to the key ring and the steering shaft is allowed to rotate at a sliding torque that is generated when the steering shaft slides with respect to the key ring and that corresponds to the friction force, and the key ring is press-fitted onto the steering shaft at a portion at which the shaft members are fitted to each other and is arranged on a radially outer side of the portion at which the shaft members are fitted to each other.