Patent ID: 6016674
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A steering wheel lock and an air bag anti-theft device adapted to fit atop a steering wheel having a hub, a plurality of spokes about a central hub axis and carrying an air bag thereon, said device comprising:a first and a second platform slidably engaged together, each said platform having, at opposing ends, an arcuate, steering wheel grip member having a substantially semicircular wheel grip face, each grip face having an open mouth facing inboard towards the other, opposing open mouth of the opposing platform;first and second laterally spaced apart locking bars respectively carrying a large plurality of coarse and fine locking grooves, said fine locking grooves adapted to permit a tight fit of said platforms on said steering wheel and said coarse locking grooves providing superior strength for said device, and said first and second locking bars mounted on one of said first and said second platforms;first and second respective receiving channels for said first and second locking bars formed on the other of said first and second platforms such that said locking bars slide in and out of said receiving channels in an unlocked mode;a key actuatable lock mounted on said other of said first and second platforms, said lock including a rotating armature acting upon two latches which move in opposite directions respectively and mate with said fine and coarse locking grooves on said locking bars.