Steering lock for a motor vehicle steering column

Details Steering lock for a motor vehicle steering column Steering lock for a motor vehicle steering column

1997-12-04

2000-04-25

Bucci, David A.

Machine element or mechanism

Control lever and linkage systems

Hand operated

70184, 70188, 70218, 74531, 192 7023, 192223, B60R 2502

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060530677

ABSTRACT:
An antitheft device is provided for locking a motor vehicle steering column against rotation. The steering column includes a gear wheel which is fixed coaxially to the steering column shaft, and a pinion with an axis parallel to the steering column axis. The pinion is mounted for rotation in a moveable pinion support which is displaceable between a disengaged position, in which the pinion is disengaged from the gear wheel, and an engaged position in which the pinion is in mesh with the gear wheel. The steering lock also includes a clutch for preventing rotation of the pinion about its axis on the pinion support below a specific torque.

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patent: 1360616 (1920-11-01), Borck
patent: 1512072 (1924-10-01), Williamson
patent: 3709055 (1973-01-01), Groove
patent: 5152363 (1992-10-01), Mertens et al.
patent: 5172576 (1992-12-01), Milton
patent: 5685180 (1997-11-01), Qualters et al.
Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 096, No. 012, Dec. 26, 1996 & JP 08 198057 A (Koyo Seiko Co Ltd), Aug. 6, 1996.

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