Locks – Special application – For automotive vehicles
Patent
1984-07-02
1987-06-09
Moore, Richard E.
Locks
Special application
For automotive vehicles
E05B 6512
Patent
active
046710850
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle gear shift lever locking apparatus including a key operated lock mounted on a steering column of a vehicle and for controlling the ignition system thereof, the lock being movable between off and on positions and adapted to energize the ignition system in the on position and to effect deenergization thereof in the off position; a shift lever mounted remotely from the lock and movable between a park position and a plurality of drive positions, the lever adapted to deactivate the transmission in the park position and to activate the transmission in each of the drive positions; and a safety coupling coupled between the steering column mounted lock and the remotely mounted shift lever, the coupling adapted to prevent movement of the shift lever with the lock in the off position and to allow movement of the lever with the lock in the on position.
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Tada Osamu
Yamaguchi Isao
Isuzu Motors Ltd.
Jarcho Harold G.
Moore Richard E.
Toupal John E.
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