Patent ID: 8539855

Claim:
An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising: a mounting unit, which can be secured in position on the chassis of the motor vehicle; and a setting unit displaceable with respect to the mounting unit, the setting unit being configured to rotatably bearing support a section of the steering spindle, the section adjoining a steering wheel-side end of the steering spindle; wherein, during the displacement of the setting unit with respect to the mounting unit, the steering wheel-side end is displaceable between a first end position and a second end position over a setting path; wherein over at least a portion of the setting path under coupling, a displacement of the steering wheel-side end in a direction of a length adjustment of the steering column and in a direction of a height or inclination adjustment of the steering column takes place; wherein, on the setting unit or on the mounting unit, a frontward guide bolt is secured which engages into at least one frontward elongated hole provided in the other of these two units; wherein, on the setting unit or on the mounting unit, a rearward guide bolt is secured, the rearward guide bolt being spaced a greater distance than the frontward guide bolt from the steering wheel-side end of the steering spindle, and the rearward guide bolt engaging into at least one rearward elongated hole provided in the other of the setting unit or the mounting unit, the course of the rearward elongated hole with reference to a curvature and/or direction of reach of the rearward elongated hole, at least over a section of the reach, differs from the corresponding course of the at least one frontward elongated hole.