Steering lock device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10647291-B2
Application number	US-201615360088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2014
Publication date	May 12, 2020
Grant date	May 12, 2020

Abstract

A steering lock device includes a trigger that is displaced as a frame cover drops from a frame, an auxiliary lock device that holds a lock member in a locked position as the trigger is displaced under condition that the lock member is positioned in the locked position, housing components that are arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame or in a guide hole, and a trigger coupling member that couples the housed components and the trigger. When the housed components are displaced, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steering lock device, comprising:
a frame;
a frame cover assembled to the frame;
a lock member arranged in a guide hole provided in the frame so as to be slidable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a trigger configured to be displaced as the frame cover drops from the frame;
an auxiliary lock device configured to allow the lock member to be held in the locked position as the trigger is displaced under a condition that the lock member is positioned in the locked position;
a drive unit arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame, the drive unit for applying a driving force for displacing the lock member; and
a trigger coupling member that couples the drive unit and the trigger, wherein
when the drive unit is displaced, the trigger is displaced with the drive unit via the trigger coupling member, thereby holding the lock member in the locked position by the auxiliary lock device.

2. The steering lock device of claim 1 , wherein
the trigger coupling member includes a trigger coupling part having a frame-like shape through which the trigger penetrates, and
with the drive unit displaced by an external force, the trigger coupling part abuts on the trigger, thereby causing the trigger to be displaced.

3. The steering lock device of claim 1 , wherein
the assembling direction of the drive unit to the frame is set so as to be along a direction to release a coupling between the drive unit and the lock member.

4. The steering lock device of claim 1 , wherein
the frame is formed with a trigger hole in which the trigger is arranged, and
the trigger hole is formed in a substantially V-like shape so as to become narrower on a side of the auxiliary lock device and become broader on a side of the housing chamber.

Assignees

• Alpha Corp

Inventors

• Takano Yoshitaka
• Watanabe Yusuke

Classifications

• B60R25/023 Primary

  Countermeasures against the physical destruction of the steering lock · CPC title

• E05B83/00

  Vehicle locks specially adapted for particular types of wing or vehicle (locks specially adapted for bicycles E05B71/00; locking arrangements for non-fixed vehicle roofs B60J7/185; latching means for sideboards or tailgates of open load compartments B62D33/037) · CPC title

• B60R25/0215 Primary

  using electric means, e.g. electric motors or solenoids · CPC title

• E05B17/20

  Means independent of the locking mechanism for preventing unauthorised opening, e.g. for securing the bolt in the fastening position {(locks with means carried by the bolt for interlocking with the keeper E05B63/12)} · CPC title

• B60R25/02153

  comprising a locking member radially and linearly moved towards the steering column · CPC title