ADJUSTABLE SAFETY STEERING COLUMN
The invention relates to an adjustable safety steering column for a motor vehicle, comprising at least one clamping device (100), which has a leg spring (130) for fixing the length of the adjustable steering column. The leg spring clamps onto a casing tube (110) for a steering shaft (110) at a position that can be adjusted by releasing the leg spring (130), the casing tube being inserted in the clamping device (100). At least in the vicinity of one end of the leg spring (130), at least one stop element (141, 142, 143) is arranged, against which the leg spring (130) stops in the event of an axial movement (V) of the casing tube (110) toward the accommodating tube, whereby the winding of the leg spring (130) assumes a tilted position that can be limited. Thus, an adjustable crash function is implemented.