Steering column lock for personal identification card system
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorsJin-Sang Chung, Sung-Ook Choi
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Abstract
The compact steering column lock for a personal identification card system is provided to stably execute a conversion function of engaging or disengaging the maneuverability of a knob and a key interlock function and the like by receiving a control signal from a controller and a knob manipulation force from the user. The steering column lock for a personal identification card system comprises a bi-directional solenoid actuator, a lever, an actuating plate, a permanent magnet, a coil spring, and a cam shaft having a pivot axis, which is perpendicular to said pivot axis of said lever, the cam shaft including a cam whose pivot state is converted according to a pivot state of the blocking part of said lever.
Claims6
A steering column lock for a personal identification card system, comprising:
- a bi-directional solenoid actuator that linearly shifts a plunger, which is protruded at a lateral side of said bi-directional solenoid actuator;
- a lever including a blocking part and a pivot axis, which is perpendicular to a linear movement direction of said plunger, said lever being resiliently supported to depress said plunger into a coil part of said bi-directional solenoid actuator by contacting a protruded end of said plunger;
- an actuating plate integrally installed around said plunger;
- a permanent magnet mounted between said actuating plate and said coil part of said bi-directional solenoid actuator to provide a magnetic force to said actuating plate;
- a coil spring that resiliently supports said actuating plate to distance said actuating plate from said permanent magnet;
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- a cam shaft having a pivot axis, which is perpendicular to said pivot axis of said lever, said cam shaft including a cam whose pivot state is converted according to a pivot state of said blocking part of said lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.