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1. A steering system comprising:
a stationary bracket including a pair of stationary side plates fixed to a vehicle body, a tilt slot being formed in each of the stationary side plates; a steering column rotatably supported by a steering shaft having one end to which a steering member is coupled, the steering column being tiltable about a tilt-center shaft; a movable bracket including a pair of movable side plates fixed to the steering column, an insertion slot being formed in each of the movable side plates; and a fastening mechanism including: (i) a fastening shaft passed through the tilt slots and the insertion slots, and (ii) a pair of fastening members supported by the fastening shaft, the pair of fastening members being configured to fasten the corresponding stationary side plates from outside, the fastening mechanism achieving tilt lock by pressing the stationary side plates against the corresponding movable side plates, wherein:
each of the fastening members includes a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion that respectively fasten a first edge portion and a second edge portion of the corresponding stationary side plate, the first edge portion being located on a steering member side of the tilt slot and the second edge portion being located on an opposite side of the tilt slot from the first edge portion, andthe fastening mechanism further includes a single stationary tooth row that is provided only in the first edge portion located adjacent to the tilt slot in one of the pair of stationary side plates, the stationary tooth row is formed integrally with the corresponding stationary side plate or as a portion formed separately from the corresponding stationary side plate, and a movable tooth row provided in the first fastening portion of the fastening member that fastens the stationary side plate in which the stationary tooth row is provided such that teeth of the movable tooth row are engaged with teeth of the stationary tooth row. |
