Locks – Special application – For control and machine elements
Patent
1991-05-21
1993-01-19
Luebke, Renee S.
Locks
Special application
For control and machine elements
70226, B60R 2502
Patent
active
051798492
ABSTRACT:
A steering wheel lock for capturing a steering wheel and a foot control pedal of automobiles. The steering wheel lock provides for a sliding rod displaceable within an inner tubular member which is positioned within an outer tubular member. The sliding rod has a lock cylinder at one end with its pin extending out of an opening and a protuberance at the outer edge of the same end. The inner tubular member has a plurality of aligned openings or small holes which block the sliding rod from moving when the pin extends through one of the holes. A pair of longitudinally directed troughs allows the protuberance to move in the trough freely as the sliding rod is longitudinally displaced. A circular ring is fixedly secured to the outer tubular member and spaced from the end of the inner tubular member to define a circular recess, and an arcuate trough extends between the pair of longitudinal troughs at the opposing end of the inner tubular member to permit rotation of the sliding rod. The top of the pin includes an inclined surface facing in one direction so that when the sliding rod is pulled in such direction, the inclined surface of the pin allows sliding of the pin through the successively aligned holes until the sliding rod has reached a desired position where the pin extends out through one of the holes.
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Cheeng Iu Industrial Co., Ltd.
Dino Suzanne L.
Klein David I.
Luebke Renee S.
Rosenberg Morton J.
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