Land vehicles – Wheeled – Running gear
Patent
1994-12-21
1995-09-26
Culbreth, Eric D.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Running gear
74492, 188371, B62D 111
Patent
active
054529174
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for supporting a tiltable steering shaft includes: a fixed bracket A having a pair of fixing/supporting members A.sub.1 which are connected to each other by means of a U-shaped connecting member 5 so as to be arranged laterally symmetrically at an appropriate distance therebetween; a movable bracket B having a pair of side plates 6 which are arranged in face-to-face relation to each other at an appropriate distance therebetween, the side plates 6 of the movable bracket B being secured to a steering column 2, the movable bracket B being disposed between the fixing/supporting members A1 of the fixed bracket A in such a manner as to be capable of being raised or lowered and of being secured at an appropriate position by means of a tilt-adjusting bar 9. A pair of abutting ends 6a of the side plates 6 of the movable bracket B are capable of abutting against a pair of abutted ends 5a of the connecting member 5 only when an impact load has occurred.
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Fujiu Isao
Yabutsuka Mitsuo
Yamada Masayoshi
Culbreth Eric D.
Ellis Christopher
Kabushiki Kaisha Yamada Seisakusho
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