Patent ID: 7347071
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B60R,B62H,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle provided with a key cylinder device equipped with a handle lock mechanism comprising: a steering handle steerably attached to a vehicle body frame; a key cylinder unit attached to the vehicle body frame near the steering handle; a shutter housing for covering a key hole of the key cylinder unit, said shutter housing being mounted to the vehicle body frame with a bracket and the key cylinder unit and the bracket being disposed in a vehicle body cover; wherein the key cylinder device equipped with a handle lock mechanism is actuated by extending a lock pin by operating the key cylinder unit with a key and connecting the vehicle body frame and the steering handle with the lock, and wherein the bracket is formed into a bracket of an inverted angular U-shape having a top plate for covering an upper surface of the key cylinder unit, left and right plate-shaped legs extending downwardly for covering left and right side surfaces of the key cylinder unit, and said shutter housing being fixed to an upper surface of the top plate and upwardly extending bolts for fixing the shutter housing to the top plate are screwed from between the side surfaces of the key cylinder unit and the legs.