Patent ID: 6076382
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A steering lock device including:a fixed housing,a cylinder body mounted to the housing,a rotor disposed in the cylinder body and made rotatable by an inserted key,a steering shaft having an engagement recess defined in a portion of a circumferential surface,a lock pin slidably supported in the housing and engageable at the top end with the engagement recess, anda lock mechanism actuated in accordance with the rotation of the rotor to conduct engagement and release of engagement of the lock pin with and from the engagement recess, whereinthe lock pin comprises an engagement pin section that slides being guided by a first slide hole in the housing and engageable at a top end with the engagement recess and a cam driven section that slides being guided by a second slide hole in the housing and actuated by an operation force of the locking mechanism by way of a cam, whereinthe engagement pin section and the cam driven section are formed integrally by pressing into a plate-shaped member, and whereinburr shaped escape portions are defined at corners of the first slide hole corresponding to burrs formed on the outer peripheral edge of the engagement pin section upon pressing such that the burrs may be located in the burr escape portions.