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US 4,854,145 AGranted
Lock device for equipment loaded to vehicle
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kenwood
InventorsHisao Arai, Keisuke Sonehara, Satoshi Yasumura, Junji Kobayashi
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Abstract
A lock device for locking an on-vehicle apparatus in a case built in a vehicle frame comprises an electrical actuator for releasing a locked state upon application of electric power thereto, and a unit for regulating an electric power application time period to drive the electrical actuator for a predetermined time period after an engine switch is turned off.
Claims4
A lock device for an on-vehicle apparatus comprising:
- a first locking member mounted on a case which receives the on-vehicle apparatus and is mounted in the vehicle;
- a second locking member mounted on the on-vehicle apparatus, said first and second locking members mechanically engaging each other when said on-vehicle apparatus is received within the case;
- means responsive to the turning off of an ignition switch of the vehicle for generating an unlocking signal having a predetermined time period after the ignition switch has been turned off;
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- electrical actuator means responsive to said unlocking signal for disengaging said first locking member from said second locking member during said predetermined time period.
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