Steering wheel lock

US6539756B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

• Markus Bartels · Mülheim, DE
• Stefan Armbruster · Heiligenhaus, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 8, 2001
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2003
• Expiry date: Aug 8, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T70/5956
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering wheel lock utilizes a motor-driven spindle which drives a locking nut to control a detent disk which has pin-like projections engaged in camming tracks which guide the detent disk linearly and angularly. The detent disk in turn controls a locking pin which can engage the steering wheel shaft.