Patent ID: 8696026
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B62D,F16F

Abstract:
1. A steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one energy-absorbing device which becomes effective in the event of an impact of the motor vehicle, the device comprising a first element embodied as an elongated metal plate extending in a longitudinal direction of the steering column, the metal plate comprising a first end, a second end, a first longitudinal edge having a first outer side and a second longitudinal edge having a second outer side and a central longitudinal axis between the first and second longitudinal edges, the first and second longitudinal edges extending in the longitudinal direction of the steering column from the first end to the second end, and a second element engaging with the first element and having at least one guide element, the at least one guide element engaging with the first outer side of the first longitudinal edge of the metal plate and having a bolt shape which is rounded on its side facing the first outer side of the first longitudinal edge of the metal plate, the first element and the second element being arranged in a rest position unable to move with respect to each other during normal operation of the vehicle, the first element and the second element can be displaced relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the steering column in the event of an impact of the vehicle, the at least one guide element being guided during a relative displacement of the first and second element along the first outer side of the first longitudinal edge and thereby deforming the first element.