Patent ID: 8978811
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A motorized steering-column lock for a motor vehicle capable of adopting a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration of a steering column of the vehicle, said steering column lock comprising: an electric motor driving a gearwheel; at least one profile placed on at least one face of the gearwheel; a bolt configured to move between a locked position and an unlocked position of the steering column, said bolt comprising: a movable indexer interacting with at least one sensor in order to detect a position of the profile controlling the locked configuration of the steering column of the steering column lock; and a return spring to return the movable indexer in interaction with said at least one profile, wherein the return spring of the indexer and the return spring of the bolt are distinct, wherein an output shaft of the motor, a direction of movement of the bolt and a direction of movement of the movable indexer are parallel.