Patent ID: 7607696
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle comprising: a setting unit displaceable into at least one displacement direction for setting the position of the steering column, a holding unit nondisplaceable into the at least one displacement direction, a securement device, in an opened state of which the setting unit is displaceable with respect to the holding unit for setting a position of the steering column and in a closed state of which the setting unit is secured in position by the securement device, and a crash blocking device displaceable between a passive state, in which the setting unit is displaceable with respect to the holding unit in the opened state of the securement device for setting the position of the steering column, and an active state, in which the crash blocking device raises an additional holding force against a displacement of the setting unit with respect to the holding unit in at least one displacement direction, wherein the crash blocking device has one of a first configuration and a second configuration,