IP Library Granted Patent US 11,945,494
Granted Patent B2
US 11,945,494 · App. 17/907,537 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Steering column of vehicle

Inventor: Hyun Bi Kwon (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATION
B62D1/184B62D1/187
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Patent No.
US 11,945,494
App. No.
17/907,537
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present embodiments, the lever handling and tilt handling of a driver can be improved by reducing noise caused by collisions between components, which can be generated if the driver manipulates a lever from a locking state into an unlocking state or if the driver adjusts the angle of a steering wheel.

Claims (16)

1. A steering column of a vehicle, comprising:

a plate bracket having a tilt slit formed in a tilt direction;

a fixing member penetrated by an adjust bolt and having a support inserted into the tilt slit;

a rotating member penetrated by the adjust bolt, provided to face the fixing member, having a guide slit circumferentially formed and a coupling hole communicating with a circumferential end of the guide slit, and coupled with a lever to be rotated by manipulating the lever;

a guide pin having an end inserted into the guide slit and another end coupled to the fixing member; and

a first damper inserted into the coupling hole to be supported by or removed from the guide pin when the rotating member rotates,

wherein the first damper is supported from two substantially perpendicular directions by the guide pin and the fixing member when the lever is rotated from a locking state to an unlocking state and is spaced apart from the guide pin and the fixed member when the lever is rotated from the unlocking state to the locking state.

2. The steering column of claim 1 , wherein a support pin having two opposite ends in rolling contact with the fixing member and the rotating member is provided between the fixing member and the rotating member.

3. The steering column of claim 2 , wherein a rolling recess where an end of the support pin is seated is formed in the fixing member and the rotating member.

4. The steering column of claim 1 , wherein the first damper includes a small diameter portion inserted into the coupling hole and a large diameter portion formed to have a larger diameter than the small diameter portion.

5. The steering column of claim 4 , wherein the large diameter portion includes a first large diameter portion extending from the small diameter portion to the fixing member.

6. The steering column of claim 5 , wherein the first large diameter portion is supported by the fixing member when the lever is rotated from the locking state to the unlocking state.

7. The steering column of claim 5 , wherein the first large diameter portion is formed to be hollow.

8. The steering column of claim 4 , wherein the large diameter portion includes a second large diameter portion extending from the small diameter portion in an opposite direction from the fixing member.

9. The steering column of claim 8 , wherein the second large diameter portion is formed to be hollow.

10. The steering column of claim 1 , wherein the support is coupled with a second damper supported by the plate bracket at two opposite ends, in the tilt direction, of the tilt slit when the fixing member is slid in the tilt slit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062202/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: KWON, HYUN BI
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061232/0263 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0045166 · Apr 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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