US 11,884,318 B2
Steering device
Shin Mihara, Gunma (JP); and Osamu Kurihara, Gunma (JP)
Assigned to NSK LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/775,712
Filed by NSK LTD., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/041270
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/095615, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-204770 (JP), filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379948 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 1/184 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/184 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering device comprising:
a steering column supporting a steering shaft to be coupled to a steering wheel;
a bracket including a first support plate and a second support plate, the steering column being sandwiched between the first support plate and the second support plate;
a tightening shaft penetrating the first support plate and the second support plate and including a male thread at an end of the tightening shaft on a side close to the second support plate;
a nut attached to the male thread;
an operation lever disposed between the nut and the second support plate and penetrated by the tightening shaft;
a case including a bottom surface facing an end surface of the tightening shaft, the case being attached to the operation lever; and
a coil spring coming into contact with the bottom surface and the tightening shaft.