Patent ID: 8480129
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering column for a motor vehicle, the steering column comprising: a steering column section adjoining the steering wheel-side end of a steering spindle; a jacket unit which rotatably supports the steering column section; a support unit which is securable on a body-stationary part of the motor vehicle and which is fixedly connected or fixedly connectable with the jacket unit, wherein a tear region is formed such that under the action of a displacement force in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the steering column section that exceeds a predefined detachment force, the connection of the support unit with the jacket unit or the support unit is torn open along the tear region to dislocate the jacket unit and displace the jacket unit relative to the body-stationary part, wherein the tear region is disposed on the support unit at a location in the force flow which occurs between the body-stationary part of the motor vehicle and the jacket unit, which holds the weight of the jacket unit before the jacket unit has been displaced relative to the body-stationary part, and wherein the tear region is configured such that tearing of the tear region occurs continuously at least over a large portion of a displacement path of the jacket unit with respect to the body stationary part.