US 12,263,880 B2
Steering device of vehicle
Sangchul Ku, Seoul (KR); Sunghun Park, Anyang-si (KR); Jeongrae Kim, Seoul (KR); Sungjune Moon, Seoul (KR); and Taeho Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to HL MANDO CORPORATION, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed by HL Mando Corporation, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/385,663.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0043055 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0326894 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01); B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/187 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/181 (2013.01) [B62D 1/183 (2013.01); B62D 1/185 (2013.01); B62D 1/187 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/83 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering device of a vehicle, the steering device comprising:
an upper tube receiving a steering shaft;
a lower tube receiving the upper tube;
a movable bracket to which one end of the lower tube is hinged;
a fixed bracket configured to be fixed to a vehicle body, wherein the movable bracket is slidably coupled to the fixed bracket in an axial direction of the steering device;
a first driver for sliding the upper tube relative to the lower tube;
a second driver axially fixed to the fixed bracket to tilt the lower tube with respect to the movable bracket; and
a third driver for sliding the movable bracket with respect to the fixed bracket,
wherein
the first driver includes a nut coupled to the upper tube, a screw engaged with the nut, and a motor coupled to the lower tube to rotate the screw,
the nut is coupled to the upper tube through an impact load absorber including a bending plate,
a stopper axially overlapping the impact load absorber is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the upper tube, and
the lower tube has a guide groove open to two axially opposite sides to receive the stopper.