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1. A steering column apparatus comprising:
a cylindrical inner column; a cylindrical outer column having an end section that fits with an end section of the inner column; a held bracket section that is integrally formed with the outer column in the end section of the outer column that fits with the end section of the inner column by causing a metal plate of the outer column to swell outward in a radial direction of the outer column; the held bracket section comprising a pair of left and right held plate sections that are parallel with each other, and having a pair of through holes that are formed in portions of the held plate sections that are aligned with each other through which a rod for expanding or contracting a space between the held plate sections is located; and a spacer formed of a material that is softer than the metal plate of the outer column, the spacer having insertion holes for inserting the rod in portions that are aligned with the through holes, the spacer being located on the inside of the held bracket section and between the held plate sections; wherein the held bracket section has locking holes provided in portions thereof near front ends and rear ends of the held plate sections; the insertion holes have a width dimension in an up-down direction of the insertion holes that is less than a width dimension in an up-down direction of the through holes; locking convex sections that fit with the locking holes are provided in portions of left and right outside surfaces of the spacer; and with the locking convex sections engaged with the locking holes, top edges and bottom edges of each of the insertion holes are located further on the inside than top edges and bottom edges of the through holes, so that an outer circumferential surface of the rod that is inserted through the insertion holes and the through holes does not come in contact with inner peripheral edges of the through holes. |
