Patent ID: 6764428
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
Locking arrangement for preventing a key from being pulled out of an ignition starting switch of a motor vehicle, comprising:a locking mechanism coupled to a switching contact, wherein a spring-loaded locking pin of said locking mechanism is electromagnetically actuated, and wherein the locking mechanism acts upon a detent pawl that is fixed on a rotor of an ignition starting switch and prevents the ignition starting switch from being turned into a position in which the key can be pulled out, wherein the locking mechanism and the ignition starting switch are inserted into separate openings of a steering column switch housing that is rigidly arranged on a steering column jacket, wherein the locking mechanism is mechanically interlocked with the steering column switch housing and electrically connected to contacts of the ignition starting switch, and wherein the ignition starting switch is connected to an on-board network by way of a printed circuit board arranged in the steering column switch housing.