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Tilt steering equipment

US4612822A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
5References
13Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateJun 13, 1984
Grant dateSep 23, 1986
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19623
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a tilt steering equipment including a main bracket mounted to a vehicle body; an upper bracket with a steering wheel, which is pivoted at the main bracket around a tilt center; and a driving means supported by the main bracket to tilt the upper bracket against the main bracket, the driving means in fixed to the main bracket and has a drive center spaced from the tilt center and an engaging pin which rotates around the drive center. The upper bracket has an engaging slotted hole in which the engaging pin is inserted. According to the tilt steering equipment of this invention, the drive center of the driving means is spaced from the tilt center. Therefore, it is easy to assemble the equipment with high accuracy and a smaller torque is enough to tilt the upper bracket to the main bracket.

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