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Granted Patent B2
US 12697873 · App. 19/341,542 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Steering column structure

Inventors: Kenji Ushida (Nagoya, JP); Shohei Kinoshita (Nagoya, JP); Shizuo Sanjo (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60K35/22B62D1/187B60K2360/782
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12697873
App. No.
19/341,542
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The steering column structure includes a display, a steering wheel, a steering column, a combination lever body, and a display support portion. The combination lever body is displaced in the vehicle up-down direction and the front-rear direction as the steering wheel is displaced in the vehicle up-down direction and the front-rear direction. The display support portion includes a front base portion that is supported so as to be tiltable in the vehicle vertical direction about a rotation center on a side opposite to the steering wheel, a rear base portion that supports the display and is supported along the front base portion so as to be displaceable in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a support arm portion that connects the rear base portion and the combination lever body.

Claims (7)

1 . A steering column structure comprising:

a display configured to display information and oriented toward a driver's seat of a vehicle;

a steering wheel disposed closer to the driver's seat than the display and to be operated by an occupant sitting on the driver's seat;

a steering column that supports the steering wheel such that the steering wheel is displaceable in a vehicle vertical direction and a vehicle front-rear direction;

a combination lever body provided to the steering column and to be displaced in the vehicle vertical direction and the vehicle front-rear direction along with displacement of the steering wheel in the vehicle vertical direction and the vehicle front-rear direction; and

a display support portion including a front base portion supported such that the front base portion is tiltable in the vehicle vertical direction about a rotation center opposite to the steering wheel, a rear base portion that supports the display and is supported such that the rear base portion is displaceable in the vehicle front-rear direction along the front base portion, and a support arm portion connecting the rear base portion and the combination lever body.

2 . The steering column structure according to claim 1 , wherein the front base portion and the rear base portion are cover members that cover the steering column from a vehicle upper side.