US 12,128,946 B2
Steering device and liner slot of steering device
Tomonori Morishima, Gunma (JP); Tasuku Oishi, Gunma (JP); and Jotaro Suzuki, Gunma (JP)
Assigned to NSK LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/269,186
Filed by NSK Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/045282
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/138193, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-215272 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0083489 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 1/184 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/184 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering device comprising:
an upper column having a cylindrical shape that is disposed on a radially outer side of a steering shaft;
a lower column having a cylindrical shape that is fitted to the upper column and is capable of relatively moving in an axial direction with respect to the upper column;
an attachment portion that is attached to the upper column and provided with a column long hole;
a column bracket that includes a side plate portion located on a side of the upper column and is attached to a vehicle body;
a liner slot that is inserted into the column long hole of the attachment portion and restricts an axial movement; and
a pin that extends along a vehicle width direction and penetrates through the side plate portion and the liner slot, wherein
the liner slot is provided with a through-hole through which the pin penetrates, and
the liner slot includes a protrusion protruding from an outer surface facing an inner peripheral surface of the column long hole, pressed against the inner peripheral surface of the column long hole, and facing an outside of the attachment portion.