Patent ID: 6848716

Claim:
A steering column comprising: a steering gear shaft; a jacket tube for receiving at least section of the steering gear shaft; a locking device having a closed position in which the jacket tube is fixedly secured to a bracket member, and an open position in which the jacket tube is displaceable, within predetermined limits, relative to the bracket member; and a pull device for opening and closing the locking device, wherein the locking device has a first locking member having at least one hole, an engagement member displaceably received in the at least one hole and displaceable between a first position in which it projects beyond the first locking member by a predetermined length, and a second position in which it is displaced into the at least one hole against a biasing force of a spring located in the hole, and a second locking member having a plurality of receiving holes associated with the at least one engaging member, and wherein in the open and closed positions of the locking device, a distance between the first and second locking members is, respectively, greater and smaller than the predetermined length by which the engaging member projects, in the first position thereof, beyond the first locking member.