Patent ID: 6880374
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A steering lock device, comprising: a housing; a cylinder body fitted in the housing; a rotor received in the cylinder body so as to be rotatable with a key; a joint unrotatably connected to the rotor; and a lock pin operatively connected to the joint and engageable with a steering shaft so that engagement and disengagement of the lock pin to and from the steering shaft can be selected by the rotation of the rotor, the steering lock device further comprising: interlocking means provided between the cylinder body and the joint so that when the cylinder body is pulled out from the housing, the interlocking means causes the joint to move in an axial direction together with the cylinder body; an axial movement preventing member disposed in the housing so as to be moveable in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the joint to engage the joint and thereby prevent the axial movement of the joint when the joint is pulled out a predetermined distance; and a rotation preventing portion provided to the housing so as to engage an outer circumferential surface of the joint to thereby prevent rotation of the joint in a state that the axial movement preventing member engages the joint.