Steering lock device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9555770-B2
Application number	US-201414779029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Priority date	Apr 1, 2013
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a steering lock device that can prevent improper access to a cylinder lock due to the deformation of a mounting hole formed in a cut-out shape. The steering lock device comprises: a frame ( 4 ) that is provided with a cylindrical section ( 1 ) open at one end, and that houses a lock body ( 3 ) which moves in and out of a steering column as a result of the manipulation of a cylinder lock ( 2 ) secured in the cylindrical section ( 1 ); and a mounted member ( 6 ) that is mounted in a mounting hole ( 5 ), one end of which opens to the open end of the cylindrical section ( 1 ) and is formed in a cut-out shape. At both side ends of the mounting hole ( 5 ), to-be-locked sections ( 9 ) are provided that regulate the widthwise deformation of the mounting hole ( 5 ) by locking circumferentially with locking sections ( 8 ) of an inserted member ( 7 ) which is inserted into the cylindrical section ( 1 ) within the frame ( 4 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steering lock device, comprising:
a frame that includes a cylindrical section open at one end, and that houses a lock body which moves in and out of a steering column as a result of manipulation of a cylinder lock fixed in the cylindrical section; and
a mounted member that is mounted in a mounting hole defined by a cut-out in the cylindrical section that extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical section to the open end of the cylindrical section, wherein
at opposite side edges of the mounting hole, to-be-locked parts are provided that restrict deformation of the mounting hole in a widening direction by being locked in a circumferential direction within the frame with locking parts of an inserted member inserted in the cylindrical section.

2. The steering lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounted member includes a locking protrusion that locks with a locking groove formed in the inserted member to thereby prevent detachment of the mounted member in a radial direction of the frame.

3. The steering lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the locking parts are formed integrally with a case of the cylinder lock.

4. The steering lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounted member and the mounting hole are arranged such that the mounted member is inserted in the axial direction into the mounting hole from the open end of the cylindrical section.

5. A steering lock device, comprising:
a frame that includes a cylindrical section open at one end toward a front side;
a lock body that moves in and out of a steering column as a result of manipulation of a cylinder lock which is inserted in the cylindrical section from the front open end thereof and fixed to the frame; and
a key detection switch that is inserted into a mounting hole in the cylindrical section from the front open end thereof and that detects a state where an unlocking key is inserted in the cylinder lock, the mounting hole defined by a cut-out that extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical section to the front open end of the cylindrical section, wherein
a case of the cylinder lock is provided with locking parts that, while the cylinder lock is inserted in the cylindrical section, lock with to-be-locked parts protruding from opposite side edges of the mounting hole, to thereby restrict widening of the mounting hole.

6. The steering lock device according to claim 5 , wherein the key detection switch and the mounting hole are arranged such that the key detection switch is inserted in the axial direction into the mounting hole from the open end of the cylindrical section.

Assignees

• Alpha Corp
• Nissan Motor

Inventors

• Kiso Toshikazu
• Yoshizawa Takashi
• Watanuki Yoshio

Classifications

• B60R25/02115 Primary

  key actuated · CPC title

• E05B27/00

  Cylinder locks {or other locks} with tumbler pins or balls that are set by pushing the key in · CPC title

• B60R25/02131

  by using an axially slidable lock cylinder · CPC title

• B60R25/02126

  with linear bolt motion perpendicular to the lock axis · CPC title