Patent ID: 9211904
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one column slide; a steering spindle disposed in said column slide and supported in said at least one column slide so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said spindle; at least one clamping device in communication with said column slide; a support part coupled to said at least one column slide by said at least one clamping device, said support part having at least two contact points disposed at mutually opposite sides of said clamping device at a distance therefrom and configured to support said slide thereon, said support part being configured to both fasten said column slide and steering spindle to a body of the motor vehicle and permit displacement of said slide in a displacement direction in the event of a crash by the motor vehicle, said support part and said slide defining at least one free space disposed between said slide and support part in regions between said clamping device and each of said at least two contact points; and at least one wedge surface disposed at an interface between at least one of said column slide and said support part, said clamping device and said support part, and said clamping device and said column slide, said wedge surface being configured to rise or fall along the displacement direction.