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Motor-driven position adjustment apparatus for steering wheel

  • US 20060191368A1
  • Filed: 02/17/2006
  • Published: 08/31/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A motor-driven position adjustment apparatus for a steering wheel comprising:

  • a steering column with a steering shaft rotatably supported inside;

    a driven member supported on a part of the steering column;

    a driving member which is engaged with the driven member, and which displaces the driven member as it rotates; and

    an electric motor for rotating and driving the driving member, and the steering column being displaced based on a relative displacement of the driving member and the driven member based on a current supplied to the electric motor, adjusting a position of a steering wheel supported on an end of the steering shaft, wherein at least either one of the members of the driven member and the electric motor is mounted such that it can be detached from the steering column based on a shock load applied at the time of a collision.

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