US 11,904,930 B2
Steering column for a motor vehicle
Benjamin Deeg, Dornbirn (AT); and Eric Caron, Feldkirch (AT)
Assigned to thyssenkrupp Presta AG, Eschon (LI); and thyssenkrupp AG, Essen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/007,857
Filed by thyssenkrupp Presta AG, Eschen (LI); and thyssenkrupp AG, Essen (DE)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/064154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/244931, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 206 955.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271642 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 1/181 (2006.01); B62D 1/183 (2006.01); B62D 1/185 (2006.01); B62D 1/19 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 1/181 (2013.01) [B62D 1/183 (2013.01); B62D 1/185 (2013.01); B62D 1/19 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a casing unit in which a steering spindle is mounted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis that extends in a length direction, the casing unit having casings that are adjustably guided relative to one another through a range of adjustment travel in the length direction, wherein part of the range of adjustment travel corresponds to a transitional portion and part of the range of adjustment travel corresponds to a functional portion, wherein the casings are configured to be guided with greater play in the transitional portion than in the functional portion,
wherein a first casing of the casings has a guide track and a second casing of the casings has a guide element that is configured to engage in the guide track, wherein the guide element is configured to be guided in the length direction and is configured to have a guide play in the guide track that is greater in the transitional portion than in the functional portion.