Electric Steering Lock Device

An electric steering lock device, comprising:

• a frame having a shape of box with an opened surface and having a housing chamber formed inside the frame;
• a motor disposed inside the housing chamber, including a driving shaft, and configured to serve as a driving source;
• a worm gear fixed to the driving shaft of the motor;
• a worm wheel having a shape of disk, having a center shaft with one end pivotally supported by a bottom portion of the housing chamber, and disposed to be meshable with the worm gear;
• a motor cover configured to pivotally support the other end of the center shaft of the worm wheel and disposed inside the housing chamber while in contact with the motor;
• and
• a frame cover having a shape of box with an opened surface and mounted on the frame and seal an opening of the housing chamber,
• wherein the motor cover includes an edge portion located outside an inner side surface of the frame cover with the motor cover being disposed inside the housing chamber, configured to push the frame cover wider when the frame cover is mounted onto the frame, and configured to be pressed by the frame cover from the opened surface of the frame with the frame cover being mounted on the frame.