Patent ID: 6378343
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking device for steering wheel comprising:a body integrally formed with a C-shaped holding portion and having an opening defined at one side thereof; a T-shaped catch member vertically movable in a T-shaped receiving space defined in the body, and having ratchet teeth formed on an upper end surface of the T-shaped catch member and wherein the T-shaped catch member is defined with a slot at one side thereof, an eccentric shaft has one end movably inserted in the slot, a plurality of springs is provided between the T-Shaped catch member and the T-shaped receiving space, whereby while the body moves along the moving rod towards the holding member, the T-shaped catch member is constantly shifted in the T-shaped receiving space between an upper position in which the ratchet teeth are engaged with the ratchet bar, and a lower position in which the ratchet teeth are disengaged with the ratchet bar, and when the T-shaped catch member is fixedly retained by the eccentric shaft at the lower position, the body is movable along the moving rod towards the retaining end portion; a moving rod horizontally extending along a through hole defined in the body and having a lower end surface of the moving rod formed with a ratchet bar corresponding to the ratchet teeth of the T-shaped catch member; a holding member secured at a first end of the moving rod corresponding to the opening of the holding portion; and a retaining end portion formed at a second end of the moving rod; wherein the teeth of the ratchet bar of the moving rod have an inverted direction to the ratchet teeth of the T-shaped catch member.