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Vehicle steering apparatus

US7862084B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 2008
Grant dateJan 4, 2011
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R13/0275
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle steering apparatus, includes a steering member for rotational operation, a support mechanism that supports the steering member so as to be movable between a housing position where the steering member is housed in a fixed frame of an instrument panel and a projection position where the steering member projects to an outside of the fixed frame, and that regulates an attitude of the steering member located between the housing position and the projection position, and a movable frame that moves together with the steering member, and that constitutes a part of the instrument panel by covering an opening formed in the fixed frame of the instrument panel when the steering member is housed at the housing position.

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