Patent ID: 8006587

Claim:
An adjustable steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising a setting unit displaceable in at least one setting direction; a holding unit nondisplaceable in the at least one setting direction, said holding unit having a set of teeth; and a securement device to be configured in a closed state and an open state such that, in the open state, said setting unit is displaceable with respect to said holding unit for allowing a position of the steering column to be set and such that, in the closed state, said setting unit is secured with respect to said holding unit by said securement device, said securement device including: a clamp bolt penetrating openings in said setting unit and said holding unit; an elastically flexible tooth plate penetrated by said clamp bolt, said tooth plate having a set of teeth for engaging with said set of teeth of said holding unit when said securement device is in the closed state, said set of teeth of said tooth plate facing away from said clamp bolt, said set of teeth of said holding unit facing towards said clamp bolt; and a press-on part penetrated by a longitudinal axis of said clamp bolt, said tooth plate being located between said holding unit and said press-on part, said press-on part being configured to press said tooth plate onto said holding unit in the closed state of said securement device; wherein said holding unit and said securement device are configured such that, in the open state of said securement device, said set of teeth of said tooth plate are spaced apart from said set of teeth of said holding unit along a direction of the longitudinal axis of said clamp bolt by a spring force; and wherein said set of teeth of said tooth plate comprises a first set of teeth, said tooth plate further comprising a second set of teeth facing in an opposite direction than said first set of teeth of said tooth plate, and said set of teeth of said holding unit comprises a first set of teeth, said holding unit further comprising a second set of teeth facing said first set of teeth of said holding unit for engaging with said first set of teeth and said second set of teeth of said tooth plate.