Patent ID: 6810701
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock assembly having a short key recess for a reduced length vehicle ignition key, comprising:a rotor having a key recess and a gusher mounted toward a rear end of the rotor to be forwardly and backwardly rotated about an axis of a hinge shaft; a push rod having a knob formed on a front end surface of the rush rod, wherein said knob is configured and dimensioned to be engaged with said rusher of said rear end of said rotor, wherein said push rod further includes an inclined slide surface on an intermediate portion thereof and an inclined slide surface on a rear end thereof; a stopper plate mounted on a peripheral surface of the push rod; a cam shaft engaged with a rear end of the push rod; a locking stopper moving upwardly and downwardly as the cam shaft is rotated; a lock bar engaged with a lower end of the locking stopper; a slide piece which is placed so that an inner surface is in surface contact with the inclined slide surface of the rear end of the push rod; a locking lever having a short length, which is fixed by a hinge at an intermediate portion thereof to a lock body of the lock assembly; and a spring mounted on an outer surface of a front end of the locking lever to be supported by the lock body, wherein an inner surface of the front end of the locking lever comes into surface contact with the slide piece, and wherein a vertically bent surface of the rear end of the locking lever is positioned at a desired distance from a side surface of an upper body of the locking stopper.