STEERING DEVICE

• Main Authors: TANAKA EISHIN, TOMIYAMA HIROMITSU, NAGAOKA MASAYUKI, AOTA KENICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 26.01.2017
• Subjects: LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steering device which can freely select materials of a tooth member which moves in response to operation of an operation member.SOLUTION: A steering device 1 includes: a first tooth member 41 in which are provided first tooth rows 44L which have tooth traces 44A extending in a lateral direction Y and are constituted of a plurality of first teeth 44 arranged along a tilt direction C to be elastically deformable in the lateral direction Y; and a second tooth member 53 which has ha tooth traces 63A extending in the lateral direction Y and includes second tooth rows 63L that are constituted of a plurality of second teth 63 arranged along the tilt direction C and oppose the first tooth member 41 from the lateral direction Y. The first tooth member 41 is supported by an upper bracket 6 so that the first tooth row 44L is arranged separately in the lateral direction Y from the upper bracket 6. The second tooth member 53 can be moved in the tilt direction C together with a column jacket, and can be moved in the lateral direction Y in response to operation of an operation member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】操作部材の操作に応じて移動するツース部材の材質を自由に選択することができるステアリング装置を提供すること。【解決手段】ステアリング装置１は、左右方向Ｙに延びる歯筋４４Ａを有しチルト方向Ｃに沿って並ぶ複数の第１歯４４で構成されて左右方向Ｙに弾性変形可能な第１歯列４４Ｌが設けられた第１ツース部材４１と、左右方向Ｙに延びる歯筋６３Ａを有しチルト方向Ｃに沿って並ぶ複数の第２歯６３で構成されて第１ツース部材４１に左右方向Ｙから対向する第２歯列６３Ｌを含む第２ツース部材５３とを含む。第１ツース部材４１は、第１歯列４４Ｌがアッパーブラケット６から左右方向Ｙに離間して配置されるようにアッパーブラケット６によって支持されている。第２ツース部材５３は、チルト方向Ｃにコラムジャケットとともに移動可能であり、操作部材の操作に応じて左右方向Ｙに移動可能である。【選択図】図４