US 12,286,147 B2
Steering device
Ryoichi Tokioka, Kashiba (JP); Yasuyuki Nozawa, Kashihara (JP); and Ryosuke Yamaguchi, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to JTEKT CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Appl. No. 18/727,243
Filed by JTEKT CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/JP2022/004098
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/148855, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 10, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0091635 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. B62D 1/183 (2006.01); B62D 1/185 (2006.01); F16C 29/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/183 (2013.01) [B62D 1/185 (2013.01); F16C 29/045 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering device that holds a steering member in such a manner that the steering member is movable between an advanced position where a driver is able to steer the steering member and a retracted position located closer to a front of a vehicle, the steering device comprising:
a fixed member attached to a vehicle body;
a movable member to which a steering shaft holding the steering member is rotatably attached; and
an upper guide mechanism and a lower guide mechanism that linearly guide the movable member with respect to the fixed member, wherein
an end on an advancing side of the upper guide mechanism is located further toward an advancing side than an end on an advancing side of the lower guide mechanism in an advancing and retracting direction of the movable member,
the upper guide mechanism includes
an upper fixed guide portion fixed to the fixed member, and
an upper movable guide portion disposed on the upper fixed guide portion and fixed to the movable member,
the lower guide mechanism includes
a lower fixed guide portion fixed to the fixed member, and
a lower movable guide portion disposed under the lower fixed guide portion and fixed to the movable member,
a length of the upper movable guide portion is greater than a length of the lower movable guide portion, and
when in the advanced position, an end on an advancing side of the upper movable guide portion is located further toward the advancing side than an end on an advancing side of the lower movable guide portion.