STEERING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE

• US 20150130152A1
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HL Mando Corporation (Halla Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mando Corporation
• Inventors: KIM, Ki Hwan
• Granted Patent: US 9,216,759 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 280/93.515
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/02 Internal Trim mouldings ; Internal Ledges; Wall liners for passenger compartments; Roof liners B60R13/01 takes precedence ; padded linings for the vehicle interior B60R21/04; arrangements or adaptations of floor mats or carpets in vehicles B60N3/04; internal lining for trains B61D17/18
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/08 Insulating elements, e.g. for sound insulation sound insulating linings for trains B61D17/185; drivers' cabs for load-carrying vehicles insulated against vibrations or noise B62D33/0604; thermal or acoustic insulation of engines F02B77/11; damping of sounds using compensation by electro-acoustic methods G10K11/178
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/0853 specially adapted for movable parts, e.g. gears levers, pedals
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/16 Steering columns
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 1/20 Connecting steering column to steering gear
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 3/84 Shrouds, e.g. casings, covers; Sealing means specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 3/843 enclosed covers

Abstract

The present invention relates to a steering apparatus for a vehicle, and an embodiment of the present invention can improve a repair efficiency of a vehicle due to easy detachment between a dust cap and an inner cover.

Claims

1. A steering apparatus for a vehicle, the steering apparatus comprising:

a dust cap through which a steering shaft passes, one side thereof being coupled to a rack housing, the dust cap having a coupling flange portion formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof;

an outer cover of which one side is coupled to the coupling flange portion of the dust cap;

an inner cover of which an inner peripheral surface is closely coupled to the other side of the outer cover and through which the steering shaft passes; and

a clip member of which one side is coupled to a coupling support portion formed at an inner side of the inner cover and the other side is coupled to the other side of dust cap.

2. The steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein the clip member has an extension leg portion extending toward the other side of the dust cap.

3. The steering apparatus of claim 2, wherein a guide slot groove configured to guide movement of the extension leg portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the dust cap.

4. The steering apparatus of claim 3, wherein a catching step portion protrudes from the guide slot groove.

5. The steering apparatus of claim 4, wherein a catching protrusion portion protruding toward an inner side is formed on an inner peripheral surface of an end of the extension leg portion to be caught by the catching step portion.

6. The steering apparatus of claim 5, wherein the guide slot groove is slantingly formed such that an outer diameter thereof increases toward the catching step portion.

7. The steering apparatus of claim 6, wherein a communication groove communicating with the guide slot groove in a circumferential direction is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the other side of the dust cap to guide circumferential movement of the catching protrusion portion.

8. The steering apparatus of claim 7, wherein one side surface of the inner cover of the communication groove constitutes a sloped surface.

9. The steering apparatus of claim 2, wherein a coupling protrusion insertion groove opened toward the coupling support portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of one side of the clip member such that a coupling protrusion formed in the coupling support portion of the inner cover is inserted into and coupled to the coupling protrusion insertion groove.

10. The steering apparatus of claim 1, wherein a coupling flange portion insertion groove which the coupling flange portion is inserted into and coupled to is sunken on an inner peripheral surface of one side of the outer cover.