Steering lock device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorHirofumi GOSHIMA
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Abstract
A steering lock device includes a rotating member to be rotated by a key, a locking member to move between a unlock position that a steering shaft is allowed to be rotated and a lock position that the steering shaft is prevented from being rotated, a sliding member to move the locking member by converting the rotation of the rotating member into a linear movement, a case member enclosing the rotating member, the locking member and the sliding member, and a cushioning mechanism disposed in an opposite wall formed in the case member, the opposite wall being opposite to a transfer space in which the sliding member is movable. The cushioning mechanism is configured to reduce an impact force generated when the sliding member contacts with the opposite wall.
Claims10
A steering lock device, comprising:
- a rotating member to be rotated by a key;
- a locking member to move between a unlock position that a steering shaft is allowed to be rotated and a lock position that the steering shaft is prevented from being rotated;
- a sliding member to move the locking member by converting the rotation of the rotating member into a linear movement;
- a case member enclosing the rotating member, the locking member and the sliding member;
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- a cushioning mechanism disposed in an opposite wall formed in the case member, the opposite wall being opposite to a transfer space in which the sliding member is movable,
- wherein the cushioning mechanism is configured to reduce an impact force generated when the sliding member contacts with the opposite wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.