Steering system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9586611
APP PUB NO 20160244087A1
SERIAL NO

15044712

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A steering system includes an outer jacket including a pair of clamped portions disposed on both sides of a slit, an inner jacket coated with an insulating coating layer all along an outer periphery of the inner jacket except for a predetermined area, an upper bracket that supports the clamped portions and that is fixed to a vehicle body, and a clamping mechanism including a clamping shaft that is supported in clamping shaft insertion holes in the clamped portions so as to be energized. The steering system further includes a conductive elastic member including a first portion engaged with one of a slit inside portion of the clamping shaft positioned in the slit and the predetermined area so as to be energized and a second portion that slide-contacts the other of the slit inside portion and the predetermined area.

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JTEKT CORPORATIONJAPAN OSAKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kikuiri, Michi Kashihara, JP 1 6
Okano, Ryota Hamamatsu, JP 12 122
Sakuda, Masayoshi Kashihara, JP 26 173

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