Patent ID: 8534104
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: E05B,G07C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A portable wireless key for locking/unlocking a door of a vehicle by wirelessly communicating with the vehicle, the portable wireless key holding an inserted emergency key inside as a mechanical key for locking/unlocking the door, the portable wireless key comprising: a body configured to hold the emergency key, wherein the body has an operation surface and a protrusion action portion, the operation surface defines a part of an outer side surface of the body, the protrusion action portion has a hook, one push to the operation surface causes the protrusion action portion to perform a protrusion action, the protrusion action causes the protrusion action portion to protrude outward from inside of the body in such a manner that the hook of the protrusion action portion is exposed outside the body with the emergency key held in the body, the body has a lock mechanism for disabling the held emergency key from being removed from the body and a lock release portion for releasing the lock mechanism, the lock release portion releases the lock mechanism in response to the one push to the operation surface, the emergency key has a first engagement receiver, the protrusion action portion has a second engagement receiver, the lock mechanism includes a movable member having a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion, the first engagement portion of the lock mechanism is engaged with the first engagement receiver of the emergency key held in the body to form a first engagement condition that disables the held emergency key from being removed from the body, the second engagement portion of the lock mechanism is engaged with the second engagement receiver of the protrusion action portion to form a second engagement condition that keeps the hook of the protrusion action portion held in the body, the lock release portion releases the first engagement condition and the second engagement condition at the same time in response to the one push.