Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a holding device that is connectable to a chassis of a motor vehicle as well as a shifting device, which in the event of a crash is displaceable relative to the holding device along a displacement axis. The shifting device may be configured to receive a steering spindle. The steering column may further include a deformation element that is connected to the holding device and to the shifting device via a respective connection portion with respective fastening means. At least in some examples, the deformation element may include a deformation portion that is deformed about a deformation axis during displacement of the shifting device relative to the holding device. The deformation axis may be oriented substantially parallel to a surface normal of at least one connection portion in a center of the associated fastening means.

Abstract: A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a holding device that is connectable to a chassis of a motor vehicle as well as a shifting device, which in the event of a crash is displaceable relative to the holding device along a displacement axis. The shifting device may be configured to receive a steering spindle. The steering column may further include a deformation element that is connected to the holding device and to the shifting device via a respective connection portion with respective fastening means. At least in some examples, the deformation element may include a deformation portion that is deformed about a deformation axis during displacement of the shifting device relative to the holding device. The deformation axis may be oriented substantially parallel to a surface normal of at least one connection portion in a center of the associated fastening means.