Patent ID: 7104097
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for irrotationally locking a motor vehicle's steering shaft ( 1 ) using a locking element ( 2 ) mounted in a housing ( 8 ) and displaceable to-and-fro between a locking position and a release position, the housing ( 8 ) being detachably affixed to a tubular casing ( 5 ) enclosing the steering shaft ( 1 ) and having a longitudinal axis ( 10 ), wherein the tubular casing ( 5 ) comprises an external receptacle ( 18 ) into which the housing ( 8 ) may be inserted, and wherein said receptacle and said housing are arranged such that the housing ( 8 ) may slide transversely relative to the longitudinal axis ( 10 ) in a direction not intersecting the axis into the receptacle ( 18 ) and the locking element is displaceable to-and-fro between the locking position and the release position in a direction perpendicular to said sliding direction.