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Steering apparatus

  • US 20040104567A1
  • Filed: 11/25/2003
  • Published: 06/03/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering apparatus comprising:

  • a steering shaft having an end portion coupled to a steering member;

    a first housing for rotatably supporting the steering shaft; and

    a second housing engaged with the first housing via two impact energy absorbing rings formed separately from each other in an axial direction, so as to be relatively movable in an axial direction, wherein one of the first housing and the second housing has first and second impact energy absorbing protrusions which are projected from positions between the impact energy absorbing rings separately from each other in an axial direction and contact with circumferential surface of the other of the first housing and the second housing.

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