JP2006206050A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

An inner column and an outer column that rotatably support the steering shaft and are slidably fitted to each other in the axial direction;
  A vehicle body side bracket that has a pair of opposite side wall portions on the left and right and is fixed to the vehicle body;
  A pair of left and right side wall portions arranged between the opposite side wall portions of the vehicle body side bracket and in contact with the opposite side wall portions, and formed by extending a telescopic adjustment groove on each of the side wall portions, Column side brackets fixed to the left and right sides of the outer column,
  A fastening means having a fastening bolt inserted into the telescopic adjustment groove,
  The tightening means adjusts the telescopic position of the outer column and tightens the side wall portion of the column side bracket to the opposite side wall portion of the vehicle body side bracket to perform telescopic position tightening, while releasing the tightening. In the position-adjustable vehicle steering device that releases the telescopic position tightening,
  The outer column includes an elastically deforming portion extending in the axial direction, and the column side bracket is fixed in the axial direction on both the left and right sides along the elastically deforming portion. 2. The position-adjustable vehicle steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the elastically deforming portion is formed between fixed portions between the outer column and the pair of side wall surfaces of the pair of column side brackets. .   The position-adjustable vehicle steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a slit extending in the axial direction is formed in the elastically deforming portion.   The slits are formed on the left and right sides of the outer column in the axially intermediate portion of the outer column, and are formed with notches extending in the axial direction and extending in the direction intersecting the axial direction at both ends. 4. The position-adjustable vehicle steering apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the column side bracket is fixed along the axial direction on both the left and right sides along the notch. 5.   4. The position-adjustable vehicle steering apparatus according to claim 3, wherein one slit is formed at substantially the center between the fixed portions.   The vehicle body side bracket further includes a tilt adjusting groove on each of the opposed side wall portions,
  The tightening bolt is further inserted into the tilt adjusting groove,
  The tilt position can be further adjusted by the tightening means, and the tilt position and / or telescopic position of the outer column is adjusted to tighten the side wall portion of the column side bracket to the opposite side wall portion of the vehicle body side bracket. 6. The position-adjustable vehicle steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the position tightening is released by performing the adjustment position tightening and releasing the tightening.   7. The column side bracket according to claim 1, wherein the pair of side wall portions are connected to the outer column, respectively, and the outer column and the column side bracket have a substantially closed cross-sectional shape. The position-adjustable vehicle steering device according to claim 1.   8. The position-adjustable vehicle steering apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a tightening bolt of the tightening means is disposed in the vicinity of an outer periphery of the outer column. 9.

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