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Tilt apparatus for vehicular steering column

  • US 10,640,141 B2
  • Filed: 01/24/2018
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tilt apparatus for a vehicular steering column, comprising:

  • a tilt bracket comprising a tilt guide portion supported on an outer side of a distance bracket and having a first tilt hole in the tilt guide portion;

    a fixed gear comprising a second tilt hole communicating with the first tilt hole and a first screw portion having a thread peak and a thread valley on opposite side ends thereof, the fixed gear being installed outside the tilt guide portion and the first screw portion being spaced apart from the tilt guide portion;

    a movable gear comprising a second screw portion having a thread peak and a thread valley to be meshed with or separated from the first screw portion during a tilt operation of an adjusting lever; and

    a lever bolt configured to rotate in cooperation with the adjusting lever and installed through the first tilt hole, the second tilt hole, and the movable gear,wherein the fixed gear comprises;

    a fixed gear body spaced apart from the tilt guide portion; and

    a fixing portion disposed on at least one of upper or lower portions of the fixed gear body, the fixing portion being bent to be spaced apart from the fixed gear body and coupled to the tilt guide portion.

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