Locking device for accessory compartments of two-wheel vehicles
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsusuke Komuro
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Abstract
A locking device especially useful in locking accessory compartments of motorcycles and the like. Each accessory compartment is provided with a lock mechanism including a pressure-actuated cylinder, a locking member fixed to a piston of the cylinder, and locking fittings through which the locking member projects in the locked position. Pressurized air is supplied to the cylinders to unlock the compartments from a three-way control valve located in a key-lockable compartment.
Claims6
A locking device for locking a cover to each of plural externally accessible accessory compartments of a motor cycle, respectively, said locking device comprising:
- a source of pressurized fluid;
- pressure-operated locking means for locking respective covers of said externally accessible accessory compartments, conduit means for connecting said source of fluid pressure to said pressure-operated locking means such that the covers are locked when the pressure supplied thereto is below a predetermined level and unlocked when the pressure supplied thereto is above said predetermined level;
- control means for controlling the flow of pressurized fluid from said source to said locking means within said conduit means;
- a key-lockable externally accessible compartment in which said control means is disposed;
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- externally accessible switch means within said conduit means for selectively actuating said source of pressurized fluid, said switch means being located on an externally accessible control panel whereupon, by actuation of said switch means and operation of said control means, fluid pressure is supplied to said pressure-operated locking means for unlocking said covers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.