Adjustable steering column unit for an automobile vehicle

Steering column unit adjustable in position for an automobile vehicle, said unit comprising:

• a steering column body, a steering shaft rotatably mounted in said column body and having one end for carrying a steering wheel and an opposite end for connection to a steering mechanism of the vehicle, a fixing structure having two flanges for fixing said body to the automobile vehicle, at least one of said body and said shaft being mounted to be movable in at least one of an angular manner and an axial manner between said two flanges, locking means for locking in position said body and said shaft and therefore said steering wheel and carried by said fixing structure at a first end of said fixing structure and movable between a locking position and an unlocking position to permit the adjustment of the position of said steering shaft and therefore said steering wheel by the user, a guide bearing for guiding said body and carried by said fixing structure in proximity to a second end of said fixing structure opposed to said first end thereof, said guide bearing comprising a yoke portion having a generally U-shaped section, said flanges being part of said yoke portion, a bushing disposed in said yoke portion for mounting said column body in said fixing structure without play, opposite lateral walls of said bushing being connected to said flanges of said yoke portion, said bushing including an opening for receiving said column body and said opposite lateral walls of said bushing include means for articulating it without play to said bushing in said yoke about an axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of said column body.