US 12,252,170 B2
Steering column apparatus
Duck Moo Jung, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/615,532.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0057101 (KR), filed on May 2, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0367708 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/19 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/195 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering column apparatus comprising:
a housing having a hollow shape:
an input shaft rotatably mounted in the housing; and
a lower bushing interposed between the housing and the input shaft, the lower bushing being elastically deformable when coming into contact with the housing,
wherein the lower bushing comprises:
a lower bushing outer portion;
a lower bushing inner portion connected to the lower bushing outer portion and arranged inside the lower bushing outer portion; and
a connection reinforcement portion connecting the lower bushing outer portion and the lower bushing inner portion to each other.