Patent ID: 7219927

Claim:
A steering column having a variable impact-absorbing structure comprising: an inner column tube; an outer column tube disposed at an outer circumferential part of the inner column tube; a guide fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the outer column tube; a strap having a deformable part fitted into the guide; a pin inserted through the strap and configured to be slidable into the guide; a solenoid that drives the pin; a control unit that controls the solenoid; and a sensor that senses a state of a driver and outputs the sensing result to the control unit, wherein the strap comprises a plurality of parallel wires, one end of each wire being opened and the other end of each wire being connected to each other in a closed state, and a suspending end that is bent in a loop shape is formed on the closed end to enable the inner column tube to be suspended thereon.