Steering device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9637161-B2
Application number	US-201515109168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2015
Priority date	Sep 2, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A steering device includes an inner column, an outer column, an outer column bracket, an inner column bracket, a shear pin, and a damper. A first hole is formed in the inner column. The outer column has a slit formed by notching one end. The outer column bracket tightens the outer column together with a telescopic friction plate. The inner column bracket is supported by the telescopic friction plate, and has a second hole. The shear pin detachably connects the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other at a position across the first hole and the second hole. The damper faces an internal end portion wall of the slit in an axial direction of the inner column.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steering device comprising:
a cylindrical inner column that rotatably supports an input shaft connected to a steering wheel and has a first hole opened therein;
an outer column that has a cylindrical shape into which at least a portion of the inner column is inserted and has a slit formed by notching one end of the outer column into which the inner column is inserted;
an outer column bracket that is fixed to a vehicle body-side member, and supports the outer column, and tightens the outer column together with a telescopic friction plate corresponding to a plate material;
an inner column bracket that is supported by the telescopic friction plate and has a second hole opened therein;
a shear pin that is located at a position across the first hole and the second hole and detachably connects the inner column and the inner column bracket to each other; and
a damper that is attached to the inner column bracket and faces an internal end portion wall corresponding to an internal wall of an end portion of the slit in an axial direction of the inner column.

2. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner column bracket includes a through-hole penetrating through the inner column bracket in the radial direction of the inner column, and
the damper includes a base portion facing the internal end portion wall, and a locking portion protruding from the base portion and penetrating through the through-hole.

3. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
the damper includes a base portion facing the internal end portion wall, and a plurality of protrusions protruding from the base portion in the axial direction of the inner column.

4. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner column bracket is disposed on a lower side of a vehicle body with respect to the inner column, and includes a notch portion formed by notching a surface facing the inner column, and
the damper is disposed in the notch portion.

5. The steering device according to claim 1 , wherein the damper is synthetic rubber.

Assignees

• Nsk Ltd

Inventors

• Orihara daiki
• Johta Masaya
• Kakita Hiroshi
• Kurihara Osamu

Classifications

• B62D1/195 Primary

  Yieldable supports for the steering column · CPC title

• B62D1/185

  adjustable by axial displacement, e.g. telescopically (B62D1/183, B62D1/187, B62D1/19 take precedence) · CPC title

• B62D1/19

  incorporating energy-absorbing arrangements, e.g. by being yieldable or collapsible (shock absorbers using plastic deformation of members in general F16F7/12) · CPC title

• B62D1/192

  Yieldable or collapsible columns · CPC title