Patent ID: 6276719
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking device for releasably securing an adjustable steering column to a motor-vehicle body, comprising:two locking elements, where one of the two locking elements is attached to the steering column and the other is attached to the motor-vehicle body,wherein the two locking elements are adjustable in relation to each other between a release position, which allows the steering column to be adjusted, and a locking position, which secures the steering column and wherein further at least one of the two locking elements is designed as an elastically ductile deformation element that can be deformed in the locking position by means of the other locking element with resultant force or form locking of the steering column to the motor-vehicle body, andwherein the deformation element is connected fixedly to the steering column.