摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steering system of a vehicle capable of enhancing the anti-theft effect by making difficult for the burglar himself to drive the vehicle and run away without provision of any particular device for prevention of burglary. <P>SOLUTION: The steering system of the vehicle is structured so that an input shaft 10a and an output shaft 10b are in engagement with each other in case the length of a steering column is larger than the specified value and the telescopic motion to expand and contract the steering column is generated by sliding an inner cylinder or an outer cylinder in the axial direction by an electric motor fixed to the steering column, wherein the input shaft 10a and the output shaft 10b are arranged idling when the steering column is made shorter than the specified length by the motor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |