Steering column device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9944309
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15295032

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A steering column device has a downward U-shaped attachment bracket, an upward U-shaped lower jacket, a polygonal cylindrical mid jacket 3, a polygonal cylindrical upper jacket 4 inserted into the polygonal cylindrical mid jacket 3 and a shock energy absorbing mechanism 26 to absorb a shock energy at the time of a secondary collision. The shock energy absorbing mechanism 26 has a contracting guide part 27 to perform sliding and contracting operation of the upper jacket 4 to the mid jacket 3 separately from an energy absorbing part 28. The contracting guide part 27 is formed by interposing a plurality of linear guides 29 at an overlapping part between the mid jacket 3 and the upper jacket 4, linear guides 29 in which a plurality of bolls 29b arranged in the sliding direction of the mid jacket 3 and the upper jacket 4 are connected to each other through holders 29a.

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JTEKT COLUMN SYSTEMS CORPORATION2028 WASHIZU KOSAI-SHI SHIZUOKA 431-0431

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Ito, Tadao Toyohashi, JP 35 280
Matsuno, Mitsuyoshi Kosai, JP 20 200
Sawamura, Koji Kosai, JP 8 50
Tanaka, So Kosai, JP 50 843

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