Patent · US Expired

Theft proof automobile ignition rod

US5582047A · kind A · utility

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6References
15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 30, 1993
Grant dateDec 10, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/604
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An automobile ignition system that includes an ignition key lock cylinder mechanism and an ignition switch mechanism located within an automobile steering column and interconnected by an ignition actuator rod that includes two detachably interconnected sections adapted to separate from each other, when tampered with, to help prevent the operation of the ignition system without a proper ignition key.

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