| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 070252000 | Steering mechanism with switch | 23 |
| 20080209964 | IGNITION SWITCH AND STEERING LOCK DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - An ignition switch and steering lock device for motor vehicles, comprising: a main body; an electronic control circuit provided with input/output interfaces; means for locking; a mechanical actuator, for moving the means for locking. The means for locking are mobile between a locked position in which their action blocks the vehicle steering in a fixed orientation relative to the frame, and an unlocked position in which said elements do not block the rotation of the steering relative to the frame. The means for locking can be moved into the locked position only at a minimum steering lock orientation. The device further comprises at least one unlocked position sensor to determine the position of the means for locking and at least one steering orientation sensor to determine the orientation of the steering. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080271504 | Electric Steering Locking Apparatus - An electric steering locking apparatus includes a cam plate ( | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080295552 | IGNITION SWITCH DEVICE - An ignition switch device | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080295553 | IGNITION SWITCH DEVICE - An ignition switch device is provided with a switching means | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090064742 | BURGLARPROOF DEVICE OF VEHICLE - A drive of a steering-lock actuator is controlled such that a lock member takes a steering lock state from a steering unlock state if there occurs a change in the state of a vehicle door detected by a door-state detecting device and a stop state of the vehicle is detected by a vehicle-stop-state detecting device when an ignition switch is in an OFF state (step S | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090120145 | LOCKING STRUCTURE OF TILTING AND TELESCOPIC STEERING COLUMN - A locking structure of a steering column. A main housing is provided around a steering shaft and fixed to a car body. An insert pipe protrudes from the main housing. A sliding housing has an arc portion surrounding the insert pipe, a tightening block at each end, and a variable inner cross-section that changes with distance between the tightening blocks. An upper housing is tiltable relative to the sliding housing. A tilt plate is fixed to the upper housing, extends to the tightening block, and has an arc-shaped slot corresponding to a rotation distance of the lilt plate. A locking bolt passes through the arc-shaped slot of the tilt plate and through the tightening blocks. An operation lever is rotatably fitted on the locking bolt. A cam assembly variably applies a force to the tilt plates and the tightening blocks according to a rotation distance of the operation lever. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090133453 | ELECTRIC STEERING LOCK, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - An electric steering lock for a drive authorization system in a motor vehicle, including a movable locking element which, according to a first position, can be brought into locking engagement with a latched-in position on the steering shaft in the steering wheel column and, according to a second position, can be brought out of locking engagement with said position. The steering lock also has a drive for moving the locking element between the two positions, and electronics for controlling the drive. The system may have an associated second device in the form of an electronic key, an identification (ID) transmitter, a chip card or the like, with the result that, when the second device is authorized, the drive can be controlled into the respective position by the electronics. The electronics generate those signals which are used to trigger functions which can otherwise be effected by an electric ignition lock. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090199604 | STEERING LOCK DEVICE FOR COUPLING ELECTRONIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A steering lock device and method of manufacturing the steering lock device, which is interoperated with an electronic authentication system via minimal structural changes, whose productivity is improved since coupling/decoupling is simple, and whose security against motor vehicle theft is improved, is provided. In the steering lock device, an actuator is coupled with a cam protrusion being coupled with a lock pin, and thereby moves the lock pin. The actuator is operated by an electronic authentication device being carried by a driver, moves the lock pin when receiving a driving signal, and selectively fixes a steering column. Due to the steering lock device and the method of manufacturing the steering device, productivity is improved since coupling/decoupling is simple, and security against motor vehicle theft is improved. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090266122 | Electric steering lock apparatus - A rod guide portion ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090320536 | Electric Steering Lock Device - An electric steering lock device is provided that includes a column pipe, a steering shaft pivotably passed through the interior of the column pipe, and electric lock means that has an electric motor and that can switch in response to operation of the electric motor between a locked state in which pivoting of the steering shaft is prevented and an unlocked state in which pivoting of the steering shaft is permitted, wherein the electric lock means ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100011820 | VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE INCLUDING AN EQUIPPED CASE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID CASE - The invention relates to a vehicle anti-theft device including an equipped case forming part of an assembly for locking the steering column of a vehicle. The inventive anti-theft device includes: a mechanism which is housed at least partially inside a case and which comprises at least a stator/rotor assembly and a cam ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100018265 | MOTOR-DRIVEN STEERING LOCK APPARATUS - The invention provides a motor-driven steering lock apparatus which can improve a reliability of locking and unlocking operations, with a simple circuit structure. A power supply line from a battery and a driving means are connected by a switching means only at a time when a feed signal from a host first control means to a drive control means (CPU), a power supply-enabling signal from the host first control means and a power supply-enabling signal from a host second control means are input to the switching means. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100024495 | KEY APPARATUS - There is provided a key apparatus, including: a key cylinder that is rotatable when a vehicle key is inserted; and an accommodating portion in which an assembling member is assembled in a body member, the body member and the assembling member form an inner surface, and the key cylinder is accommodated in the inner surface. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100229611 | MOTORCYCLE HANDLEBAR LOCK SYSTEM - A motorcycle handlebar lock system ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110120198 | DEVICE FOR ACTUATING A LOCKING MEMBER - The invention relates to a device for actuating a locking member ( | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110296881 | KEY INTERLOCK DEVICE - A key interlock device includes a solenoid that holds a plunger when the solenoid is excited, and a link member that includes a shaft around which the link member is rotatable, and engages with the plunger so as to transmit a restraining force opposing an operation force of a key when the solenoid is excited. The shaft of the link member is disposed on a virtual line extending from a line of force of the operation force of the key. The key interlock device may include an engaging part through which the key interlock device is attached to a body of a steering lock device and which is disposed behind the shaft to which the operation force of the key applies. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20140318197 | STEERING LOCK DEVICE - A steering lock device includes a lock bolt configured to correspond to rotation of a key cylinder and to unlock a steering shaft, and an ignition switch configured to correspond to the rotation of the key cylinder and to perform switch operation. In the steering lock device, the lock bolt is provided to a rear side of a body in a direction of a body side orthogonal to a rotation axis of the key cylinder. Also, the ignition switch includes a first switch and a second switch and is arranged to a side part of the body in a direction different from the forward movement direction of the lock bolt. The first switch is configured as the ignition switch and the second switch is configured as a key detection switch. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20150107315 | IGNITION LOCK STEERING COLUMN LOCK ASSEMBLY - An ignition lock steering column lock includes a locking unit including a lockbolt selectively engageable with a steering member to prevent its rotation. A driver is operable to rotate about an axis in response to rotation of a key cylinder via a matched key. A solenoid assembly selectively prevents rotation of the driver. An armature of the solenoid assembly is movable toward a core when electric current is conducted through a coiled wire. The armature has a shape generally defining a plane and includes an axial end face configured to selectively interfere with an abutment of the driver such that force on the armature from the abutment in response to attempted rotation of the driver is directed generally along the plane. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150114054 | STEERING LOCK APPARATUS - A steering lock apparatus is provided that can protect a steering column | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150307063 | STEERING LOCK - A steering lock locks a steering member with a lockbolt movable along an axis between locking and unlocking positions. A first member having a first cam surface is rotatable by an actuator in a first direction for locking the lockbolt. A second member having a second cam surface is engaged with the first cam surface. The second member is translatable along the axis in a locking direction by rotation of the first member. An unlocking spring is compressible through a range of movement of the second member in the first direction to store increasing potential energy. The cam surfaces are engaged such that unlocking of the lockbolt is carried out by the stored energy in the unlocking spring, which is released in a continuously increasing manner controlled by the actuator as the first member is rotated by the actuator in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150329077 | CONTACT ACTUATOR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a contact actuator comprising: a casing ( | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160031414 | Steering Lock Apparatus - A protruding wall section | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160082924 | STEERING WHEEL LOCK - “Example steering-wheel locks may include a key receptacle for receiving a key in an insertion direction and at least one electrical switch to be actuated upon insertion of the key into the key receptacle in the insertion direction. The at least one electrical switch may include a switching element that is displaceable in at least one switching direction. Moreover, the steering-wheel lock may further include at least one blocking device for selectively blocking a steering spindle, the at least one blocking device being selectively actuatable by the key. The insertion direction and the at least one switching direction are positioned at an angle relative to one another, which in many cases is oblique.” | 03-24-2016 |
