Patent ID: 9421994
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: B62D

Claim Text:
1. A steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising: a steering spindle bearing unit and a steering spindle, which is mounted in the steering spindle bearing unit so as to be rotatable about a steering spindle longitudinal axis, and a supporting unit which is provided for the fastening of the steering column in the motor vehicle and on which the steering spindle bearing unit is held, and the steering spindle bearing unit has a thread and can be adjusted along the steering spindle longitudinal axis relative to the supporting unit by way of a motor, characterized in that the steering spindle bearing unit, for its adjustment along the steering spindle longitudinal axis relative to the supporting unit, is connected by means of at least one drive belt or at least one drive chain to the motor, wherein a nut engages into the thread, and said nut can be rotated by means of the drive belt or the drive chain, wherein the nut has an internal thread and engages by way of said internal thread into the thread of the steering spindle bearing unit, and/or in that the steering spindle bearing unit is guided through the nut.