Abstract: In a tilt and/or telescopic type steering column apparatus for a vehicle, in which a column sided bracket attached to a steering column is so provided as to be swingable and/or slidable on a car body sided bracket attached to a car body, a fastening bolt is inserted through a tilt adjustment hole formed in the car body sided bracket and through a telescopic adjustment hole formed in the column sided bracket, the two brackets are pressure-contacted to each other by fastening the fastening bolt and thus fastened in a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment position, while a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment can be made by releasing the two brackets from being pressure-contacted by slackening the fastening bolt, and each of the tilt adjustment hole and the telescopic adjustment hole has a slight gap with respect to the fastening bolt, a steering column apparatus for a vehicle is constructed such that an annular or cylindrical elastic member for preventing a backlash of the fastening bolt from being caused correspondin

Abstract: A spacer is interposed between a body-side bracket and a column-side bracket for retaining a steering column. A pin insertion hole through which a supporting pin is passed is formed in the spacer. A portion of the spacer to be broken by the shock of collision is formed in a region of the spacer surrounding the pin insertion hole.

Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a steering column apparatus for a car in which a column-side bracket attached to a steering column is brought into pressure contact with a body-side bracket attached onto the body of the car to be retained, the body-side bracket or the column-side bracket is comprised of a plurality of divided components in advance, and these plurality of divided components are connected to each other by caulking at the time of assembling, so as to assemble the body-side bracket or the column-side bracket.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a vehicle body side bracket 4 having a vehicle body mount portion 4c to be mounted on a vehicle body and paired left and right opposed flat plate portions 4a, 4b, a steering column 2 having an expanded portion 13, formed by expanding a portion of a tubular material, that is to be in pressure contact with the pair of opposed flat plate portions 4a, 4b of the vehicle body side bracket; a shaft 5 inserted through the pair of opposed flat plate portions 4a, 4b and the expanded portion 13 and adapted to adjust the distance between the pair of opposed flat plate portions 4a, 4b as an operation lever 8 is rotated. The steering column 2 has a portion that is present in an area extending from the shaft 5 up to at least the vehicle body mount portion 4c and has a width substantially equal to the width of a penetrated portion of the expanded portion 13 at which the shaft 5 is inserted through.

Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a steering column apparatus for a car in which a column-side bracket attached to a steering column is brought into pressure contact with a body-side bracket attached onto the body of the car to be retained, the body-side bracket or the column-side bracket is comprised of a plurality of divided components in advance, and these plurality of divided components are connected to each other by caulking at the time of assembling, so as to assemble the body-side bracket or the column-side bracket.

Abstract: In a tilt and/or telescopic type steering column apparatus for a vehicle, in which a column sided bracket attached to a steering column is so provided as to be swingable and/or slidable on a car body sided bracket attached to a car body, a fastening bolt is inserted through a tilt adjustment hole formed in the car body sided bracket and through a telescopic adjustment hole formed in the column sided bracket, the two brackets are pressure-contacted to each other by fastening the fastening bolt and thus fastened in a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment position, while a tilt and/or telescopic adjustment can be made by releasing the two brackets from being pressure-contacted by slackening the fastening bolt, and each of the tilt adjustment hole and the telescopic adjustment hole has a slight gap with respect to the fastening bolt, a steering column apparatus for a vehicle is constructed such that an annular or cylindrical elastic member for preventing a backlash of the fastening bolt from being caused correspondin

Abstract: A spacer 16 is interposed between a body-side bracket and a steering column to be retained and passed by a supporting pin 21, so as to be latched on either one of the both brackets, meanwhile a pin insertion hole 19 through which the supporting pin is passed is formed on the spacer and a shock time breaking portion 19a is formed in the surroundings thereof.