Patent ID: 7731235

Claim:
A steering column for a motor vehicle comprising: a rotatably supported steering spindle, a supporting unit supporting the steering spindle, a mounting unit for securing the steering spindle on a chassis of the motor vehicle, the supporting unit, in the event of a crash, being displaceable with respect to the mounting unit, and an energy absorption device configured to act between the supporting unit and the mounting unit for energy absorption when the supporting unit is displaced with respect to the mounting unit in the event of a crash, wherein at least one energy absorption part of the energy absorption device, deformable when the supporting unit is displaced with respect to the mounting unit, is composed of a magnetorheological elastomer, and the energy absorption device includes a unit configured to generate a magnetic field, the energy absorption part composed of the magnetorheological elastomer is capable of being acted upon at least regionally with a variable magnetic field.