Patent ID: 7475908
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, said adjustable steering column comprising: a setting part displaceable in at least one setting direction for setting the position of the steering column; a holding part nondisplaceable into the setting direction; a securement device, in an opened state of which the setting part is displaceable with respect to the holding part for setting the position of the steering column, and in a closed state of which the setting part is secured in place by the securement device with respect to the holding part; and a crash blocking device by which an additional holding force against a dislocation of the setting part with respect to the holding part can be exerted, a first blocking element united with the setting part, and a second blocking element united with the holding part; wherein one of said first and second blocking elements comprises at least one scale, which, in an unloaded state, projects resiliently from a surface of the blocking element, and the other of said first and second blocking elements has at least one recess, and, in a closed state of the securement device, at least one scale is located in the proximity of the recess or, upon an onsetting slipping-through of the setting part with respect to the holding part reaches the proximity of the recess and the at least one scale located in the proximity of the recess, or reaching such, projects into the recess and is located opposite one edge of the recess.