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1. A steering apparatus, comprising:
a steering column supporting a steering shaft on an inside of the steering column such that the steering shaft can rotate freely; a column-side bracket supporting part of the steering column; and a vehicle-side bracket supported by and fastened to a vehicle body, and comprising a stationary-side support plate section provided only on one side in a width direction of the column-side bracket; a portion of the column-side bracket being supported by the stationary-side support plate section so as to be able to displace forward due to an impact load during a secondary collision, and a portion of the column-side bracket that is on an opposite side in the width direction of the column-side bracket of the steering column from the stationary-side support plate section being supported by the vehicle-side bracket so as to be able to displace forward due to the impact load during the secondary collision;wherein
the column-side bracket comprises a pair of movable-side support plate sections that are located on a left and right, and are each provided with a long hole that is long in an up-down direction; a through hole is formed in a top section of the steering column; the steering apparatus further comprises: a rod member that spans between the pair of movable-side support plate sections and engages with the long hole in the up-down direction and the through hole of the steering column, an adjustment lever that is connected to one end of the rod member, and an adjustment mechanism that, based on an operation of the adjustment lever, changes a holding force by which the column-side bracket holds the outer column; and the steering column is supported by the vehicle body so as to be able to raise or lower with respect to the column-side bracket; such that a tilt mechanism wherein whether or not displacement of the steering column in the up-down direction with respect to the column-side bracket is possible is changed based on the operation of the adjustment lever is structured. |
