IP Library Granted Patent US 9,156,493
Granted Patent B1
US 9,156,493 · App. 14/604,035 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Steering apparatus

Inventors: Tsutomu Kimijima (Haga-gun, JP); Tatsuya Saito (Haga-gun, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
B62D3/126
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Patent No.
US 9,156,493
App. No.
14/604,035
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B1
Abstract

A steering apparatus includes a collision relaxation member provided on a surface of a housing, the surface being opposed to each rack end in a vehicle width direction. The collision relaxation member includes an elastic member arranged in an outer side of a rack shaft in a radial direction and absorbing a collision load from the corresponding rack end, and a shock absorbing member provided in an inner peripheral side of the elastic member and buckling by abutting of the rack end.

Claims (22)

1. A steering apparatus comprising:

a rack shaft moving in a vehicle width direction;

a housing that houses the rack shaft; and

rack ends provided at end portions of the rack shaft and abutting on the housing;

a collision relaxation member provided on a surface of the housing, the surface being opposed to each rack end in the vehicle width direction,

wherein the collision relaxation member includes

an elastic member arranged in an outer side of the rack shaft in a radial direction and absorbing a collision load from the corresponding rack end, and

a shock absorbing member provided in an inner peripheral side of the elastic member and buckling by the abutting of the rack end.

2. The steering apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the shock absorbing member has a tubular shape.

3. The steering apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the elastic member extends more to the outer side in the vehicle width direction than the shock absorbing member.

4. The steering apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the elastic member extends more to the outer side in the vehicle width direction than the shock absorbing member.

5. A steering apparatus comprising:

a rack shaft moving in a vehicle width direction;

a housing that houses the rack shaft;

rack ends provided at end portions of the rack shaft and abutting on the housing;

a collision relaxation member provided on a surface of each rack end, the surface being opposed to the housing in the vehicle width direction,

wherein the collision relaxation member includes

an elastic member arranged in an outer side of the rack shaft in a radial direction and absorbing a collision load inputted to the housing, and

a shock absorbing member provided in an outer peripheral side of the elastic member and buckling when abutting on the housing.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: SHOWA CORPORATION
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059682/0321 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: KIMIJIMA, TSUTOMU; SAITO, TATSUYA
To: SHOWA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034801/0866 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-066104 · Mar 27, 2014 · national