US 12,454,302 B2
Vehicle steering column
Jeongrae Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HL MANDO CORPORATION, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed by HL MANDO CORPORATION, Pyeongtaek-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,443.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0043916 (KR), filed on Apr. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0336294 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/185 (2013.01) [B62D 1/181 (2013.01); B62D 1/183 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle steering column, comprising:
a mounting bracket fixed to a vehicle body;
an upper moving member supported on the mounting bracket during stowing and axially drawn in or out;
an intermediate member coupled to the upper moving member and having a lower moving member slidably coupled thereinside, the lower moving member coupled to a steering shaft; and
a supporting member provided in the mounting bracket to support guide rails provided on an outer circumferential surface of the upper moving member when the upper moving member axially moves,
wherein side fastening holes are formed through toward the guide rails in two opposite surfaces of the mounting bracket to allow the supporting member to be coupled thereto and support the mounting bracket to the guide rails,
wherein the supporting member includes:
an insertion member inserted into the side fastening hole to allow a side end thereof to support an outer circumferential surface of the guide rail toward the upper moving member; and
a coupling member supporting the insertion member toward the guide rail and coupled to the side fastening hole,
wherein a rail supporting recess is provided in the side end of the insertion member, at a position facing the outer circumferential surface of the guide rail.