Interior trim gap covering apparatuses for motor vehicles and methods for making interior trim gap covering apparatuses are provided. In one example, an interior trim gap covering apparatus comprises a first gap hider member. The first gap hider member comprises a substrate having a forward edge and a rearward edge and a plurality of openings formed therethrough extending between the forward and rearward edges to facilitate the substrate deforming in response to an applied force. A flexible covering overlies the substrate.

An impact absorbing device includes an impact absorbing plate provided integrally with the second column tube, the impact absorbing plate being configured to absorb the impact energy, and a pressing member provided integrally with the first column tube, the pressing member being configured to generate deformation resistance by pressing and deforming the impact absorbing plate. A guide hole extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft is formed on the impact absorbing plate, and a guide that relatively moves along the guide hole upon relative movement in the axial direction of the first column tube and the second column tube is provided integrally with the first column tube.

An impact absorbing device includes an impact absorbing plate provided integrally with the second column tube, the impact absorbing plate being configured to absorb the impact energy, and a pressing member provided integrally with the first column tube, the pressing member being configured to generate deformation resistance by pressing and deforming the impact absorbing plate. A guide hole extending in the axial direction of the steering shaft is formed on the impact absorbing plate, and a guide that relatively moves along the guide hole upon relative movement in the axial direction of the first column tube and the second column tube is provided integrally with the first column tube.

Disclosed is a shroud structure for a telescopic steering wheel of a vehicle, the shroud structure including a column elastically coupled to a fixture, and a shroud assembly disposed to surround the column and being movable together with the column, wherein the shroud assembly includes a first shroud and a second shroud, and wherein the second shroud is rotatably coupled to the first shroud.

Disclosed is a shroud structure for a telescopic steering wheel of a vehicle, the shroud structure including a column elastically coupled to a fixture, and a shroud assembly disposed to surround the column and being movable together with the column, wherein the shroud assembly includes a first shroud and a second shroud, and wherein the second shroud is rotatably coupled to the first shroud.

Disclosed is a shroud structure for a telescopic steering wheel of a vehicle, the shroud structure including a column elastically coupled to a fixture, and a shroud assembly disposed to surround the column and being movable together with the column, wherein the shroud assembly includes a first shroud and a second shroud, and wherein the second shroud is rotatably coupled to the first shroud.

Disclosed is a shroud structure for a telescopic steering wheel of a vehicle, the shroud structure including a column elastically coupled to a fixture, and a shroud assembly disposed to surround the column and being movable together with the column, wherein the shroud assembly includes a first shroud and a second shroud, and wherein the second shroud is rotatably coupled to the first shroud.

The shock absorber includes: a base portion fixed to the attachment target; a shock absorbing portion having flexibility and attached to the base portion so as to be reversibly switchable between a housed state in which the shock absorbing portion is retracted toward the base portion and a protruding state in which the shock absorbing portion protrudes from the base portion; and a drive unit driving the shock absorbing portion to reversibly switch between the housed state and the protruding state. The drive unit, when operating the shock absorbing portion, at least switches the shock absorbing portion from the housed state to the protruding state.