Title:
自動車のステアリング装置における衝撃力緩和構造
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3992507
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A steering device ( 20 ) for an automobile ( 1 ) comprises a steering shaft ( 23 ) supporting a steering wheel ( 24 ), a steering gear device ( 26 ) disposed rearwardly of the lower end of the steering shaft ( 23 ), and an operative connection gear device ( 28 ) disposed forwardly of the steering gear device ( 26 ), supported by the car body ( 2 ) through a bracket ( 27 ) and adapted to operatively connect the steering gear device ( 26 ) to the lower end of the steering shaft ( 23 ). The bracket ( 27 ) comprises a front frame ( 36 ) constituting the front of the bracket ( 27 ) and supported at the front end thereof by the car body ( 2 ), the rear side thereof extending rearwardly downward, and a rear frame ( 38 ) constituting the rear of the bracket ( 27 ) and rearwardly extending from the rear end of the front frame ( 36 ), the rear end thereof being supported by the car body ( 2 ), with the operative connection gear device ( 28 ) being supported by the rear frame ( 38 ). When the automobile ( 1 ) comes into primary collision to deform the bracket ( 27 ), the front frame ( 36 ) of the bracket ( 27 ) is bent with respect to the rear frame ( 38 ) so as to assume a vertical attitude.
Inventors:
Kota Hotta
Application Number:
JP2002031447A
Publication Date:
October 17, 2007
Filing Date:
February 07, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
B60R21/05; B62D1/20; B62D1/19; B62D21/15; B62D33/06
Domestic Patent References:
| JP11278286A | ||||
| JP3124983U | ||||
| JP6263041A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadao Sawada