Patent ID: 7775137
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising: a steering spindle; a jacket unit bearing the steering spindle; a bracket unit mountable on a chassis of the motor vehicle, the bracket unit having at least one side jaw which extends laterally of the jacket unit and bears the jacket unit; a securement device operable between a closed state in which the jacket unit is connected nondisplaceably with the bracket unit and an opened state in which the jacket unit is displaceable with respect to the bracket unit in a displacement direction for a length adjustment of the steering column and in a displacement direction for a height or inclination adjustment of the steering column, the securement device comprising a clamp bolt penetrating first elongated holes in the jacket unit and in the at least one side jaw; and at least one bracing part penetrated by the clamp bolt, the bracing part being connected with the jacket unit displaceably in a first one of the displacement directions and nondisplaceably in a second one of the displacement directions, and the bracing part being connected with the at least one side jaw displaceably in the second one of the displacement directions and nondisplaceably in the first one of the displacement directions, wherein the at least one bracing part comprises a substantially planar plate, the at least one bracing part being connected to the jacket unit by a first bolt, the first bolt being connected to one of the at least one bracing part and the jacket unit so as to be nondisplaceable in both displacement directions, and the first bolt penetrating a second elongated hole disposed on the other of the at least one bracing part and the jacket unit, the second elongated hole extending in the first one of the displacement directions, and wherein the at least one bracing part is connected to the at least one side jaw by a second bolt, the second bolt being connected to one of the at least one bracing part and the at least one side jaw so as to be nondisplaceable in both displacement directions, and the second bolt penetrating a third elongated hole disposed on the other of the at least one bracing part and the at least one side jaw, the third elongated hole extending in the second one of the displacement directions.