Patent ID: 8075446
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B60K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A key interlock system of a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, comprising: a key interlock cam that is rotatably mounted to a shift lever housing and elastically biased in one direction by an elastic member, one end of the key interlock cam being connected to one end of a key interlock cable; a locking plate slidably disposed in the shift lever housing, the locking plate having a slot member to which the other end of the key interlock cam is slidably inserted and a lever groove to which a shift lever is removably inserted; a cable block slidably coupled to an ignition lock body and being movable along a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the cable block is connected with the one end of the key interlock cam by the key interlock cable, and has a locking protrusion protruding inside the ignition lock body; and a cylinder block that is integrally formed with an ignition lock cylinder rotatably coupled to the ignition lock body therein and includes a guide channel to selectively receive the locking protrusion therein so as to restrain linear motion of the cable block or rotation of the ignition lock cylinder by retaining the locking protrusion therein while rotating with the ignition lock cylinder.