Anti-theft device for a steering column of a motor vehicle and method for the assembly thereof
AssigneeValeo Securite Habitacle
InventorsAlix Della Fiorentina, Christophe Perrin, Patrice Poggi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an anti-theft device (13) for a steering column (19) of a motor vehicle comprising: •an anti-theft body (15), •a locking module (23) intended to be received in a blind housing of the anti-theft body (15), said locking module (23) being configured in such a way as to lock the steering column (19) in the lockout position and to leave said steering colunm (19) released in the unlocked position, •an additional reinforcing device (43) being interposed between the wall forming the bottom of the blind housing and the locking module (23).
Claims14
An anti-theft lock for a steering column of a motor vehicle comprising:
- an anti-theft lock body;
- a locking module intended to be received in a blind housing of the anti-theft lock body, said locking module being configured in such a way as to lock the steering column in the locked position and to release said steering column in the unlocked position, wherein
- an additional reinforcing device is inserted between the wall forming the bottom of the blind housing and the locking module.
A method for assembling an anti-theft lock comprising:
- assembling the elements forming the locking module;
- securing the reinforcing device on one end of the locking module so as to form a locking unit;
- and
- inserting said locking unit into the blind housing of the anti-theft lock body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.