Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Reexamination Certificate
2010-01-28
2011-12-06
Barrett, Suzanne (Department: 3673)
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
C070S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08069694
ABSTRACT:
Rotation of a rotating member to a predetermined rotational position is properly regulated by a regulating member even when a thickness of the regulating member in a rotating shaft direction is made smaller. In a steering lock device, a pair of restricting portions formed in a release frame of a release link is disposed at both-sides of a link in front- and rear-direction, so restricts tilt of the link to both-sides in the front- and rear-direction. For this reason, even if thickness of the link in the front- and rear-direction in the vicinity of the shaft is made smaller, when rotation of a cam shaft from an “ACC” position to a “LOCK” position is regulated by the link, tilt of the link to both-sides in the front- and rear-direction can be suppressed, so that the link can properly regulate rotation of the cam shaft from the “ACC” position to the “LOCK” position.
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Barrett Suzanne
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki-Seisakusho
Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole P.C.
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