US 4,776,189 AGranted

Steering lock for blocking the rotary movement of a motor vehicle steering shaft

AssigneeNeiman S.A.

InventorsGunter Weber, Michael Leng

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Abstract

A steering lock is disclosed for blocking the rotary movement of a motor-vehicle steering shaft, with at least two locking bolts which are movable close to or at a short distance from one another and next to one another in guides and which, in a position blocking the steering shaft, reach into a recess in the steering shaft by means of a front end face and are movable away from the steering shaft into a non-blocking position in their longitudinal extension. The particular guide (17) is so wide that the locking bolt (13, 14) is tiltable in this. A side wall (19) of the locking-bolt guide (17) has a projection (21) or set-off portion, against which the locking bolt (13, 14) rests by means of a projection or an edge (22) in the blocking and tilted position, in order to secure the blocking position.

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Dependent claims

Steering lock for blocking the rotary movement of a motor-vehicle steering shaft, comprising:

at least two adjacent locking bolts each including a front end face, an edge, and a longitudinal extension and a driver part having a cam means for moving said bolts, said bolts being movable by said driver part within close proximity to one another from one position blocking the steering shaft, reaching into a recess in the steering shaft by said front end face and to a second position away from the steering shaft into a non-blocking position;
a guide having a side wall and being sufficiently wide to accommodate said locking bolt while in a tilted position therein;
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said side wall having a set-off portion thereof, said locking bolt resting by means of said edge against said set-off portion in the blocking and tilted position, in order to secure the blocking position.

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