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Steering apparatus

  • US 10,000,228 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2016
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering apparatus comprising:

  • a fixed bracket having fixing side portions on both sides in a width direction;

    an outer column attached to the fixed bracket so as to freely swing;

    an arm portion;

    a column pipe;

    a steering shaft including an upper shaft which is rotatably attached to the column pipe and a lower shaft which is connected to the upper shaft by an universal joint and in which a male shaft and a female shaft engage with each other so as to freely extend and contract; and

    a fastening tool, whereinthe arm portion includes;

    bifurcated arm-shaped portions that extend from a front side in an axial direction of the outer column toward an outer side in the axial direction;

    a first linking portion formed between the arm-shaped portions so as to protrude upward from upper edges of the arm-shaped portions; and

    a second linking portion that protrudes downward from lower edges of the arm-shaped portions, andthe second linking portion protrudes from the arm-shaped portions by a larger amount than the first linking portion.

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