Steering lock device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11186253-B2
Application number	US-202016840653-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2020
Priority date	May 27, 2014
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

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, a housed component that is 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 component and the trigger. When the housed component is displaced, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steering lock device, comprising:
a frame provided with at least a cylinder cylindrical part in which a key cylinder lock is arranged, with the key cylinder lock housed in a sleeve having a substantially cylindrical shape, the key cylinder lock constructed so that the key cylinder lock unlocks to make a key rotatable in the sleeve around an axis of the sleeve;
a frame cover assembled to the frame to close an opening-end side of the cylinder cylindrical part;
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 housed component arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame or in the guide hole; and
a trigger coupling member that couples the housed component and the trigger, wherein
when the housed component is displaced against the frame cover, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.

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 housed component displaced against the frame cover 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 housed component is a lock cover arranged so as to surround the lock member adjacently.

4. The steering lock device of claim 1 , wherein
the frame is formed into a Y shape by the cylinder cylindrical part, a switch cylindrical part in which an ignition switch is arranged, and a lock cylindrical part in which the lock member and the auxiliary lock device are arranged.

5. The steering lock device of claim 4 , wherein
a coupling member is arranged inside a part where the cylinder cylindrical part, the lock cylindrical part, and the switch cylindrical part are connected with each other, and
the key cylinder lock, the lock member, and the ignition switch are coupled with each other by the coupling member.

6. The steering lock device of claim 1 , wherein
a connecting part, with the sleeve rotating about its axis together with the connecting part; and
a coupling member that moves together with the connecting part, wherein a predetermined excessive force applied to the lock causes the cylinder cylindrical part to deflect or break to cause displacement of the lock cover so that the auxiliary lock member moves toward the locked position.

7. A steering lock device, comprising:
a frame provided with at least a cylinder cylindrical part in which a key cylinder lock is arranged;
a connecting part, with the sleeve rotating about its axis together with the connecting part;
a coupling member that moves together with the connecting part, wherein a predetermined excessive force applied to the lock causes the cylindrical part to deflect or break to cause displacement of the lock cover so that the auxiliary lock member moves toward the locked position;
a frame cover assembled to the frame to close an opening-end side of the cylinder cylindrical part;
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 housed component arranged in a housing chamber defined by the frame cover and the frame or in the guide hole; and
a trigger coupling member that couples the housed component and the trigger, wherein
when the housed component is displaced against the frame cover, the trigger is displaced via the trigger coupling member.

Assignees

• Alpha Corp

Inventors

• Takano Yoshitaka
• Watanabe Yusuke

Classifications

• B60R25/02115 Primary

  key actuated · 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

• B60R25/02113

  manually actuated, e.g. using removable locking means · CPC title