Patent ID: 8408031
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An operation restricting device for an ignition switch to switch electric power supplied to a vehicle by turning an operation member, comprising: a body comprising a turning restriction portion at a first position and a second position arranged in a circumferential direction of the body, wherein the turning restriction portion at the second position includes a locking lever that pivots in the turning plane of a rotor; the rotor rotatably disposed in the body and rotated by turning the operation member in a turning region including the first position and the second position; a locking pin held movably in a turning plane of the rotor and extending through the rotor for restricting a first turn of the rotor from the second position to the first position by disengaging the locking lever and engaging with the turning restriction portion at the first position, and a second turn of the rotor from the first position to the second position by engaging the locking lever, the first turn and the second turn being opposite to each other; and a plate disposed in a movement plane of the locking pin and operably connected to an actuator for permitting movement of the locking pin and thereby permitting the first turn and the second turn of the rotor by switching the actuator.