US 12,291,261 B2
Bearing and steering apparatus having the same
Kyeongho Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HL MANDO CORPORATION, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by HL MANDO CORPORATION, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/238,392.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0121519 (KR), filed on Sep. 26, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0101181 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/16 (2006.01); B62D 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/16 (2013.01) [B62D 5/006 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bearing comprising:
an inner ring supporting an outer surface of a steering shaft and having a plastic-containing material, wherein the bearing is disposed between the steering shaft and an inner column;
an outer ring, wherein at least a part of an outside surface of the outer ring of the bearing faces an inner surface of the inner column and the inner column covers at least a part of the steering shaft; and
a roller rotatably disposed between the inner ring and the outer ring,
wherein a part at one side of the outer ring of the bearing supported on one end of the inner column has a shape bent away from the inner ring of the bearing,
wherein the outer ring of the bearing comprises:
a plurality of stoppers spaced apart from each other at the one side of the outer ring of the bearing, wherein the plurality of stoppers bent toward an outer circumferential direction to be supported one end of the inner column; and
a plurality of cutouts formed between the plurality of stoppers.