Patent ID: 8225632

Claim:
A key interlock device for a vehicle, comprising: a shift lever moving straight at least in two perpendicular directions between a predetermined range and a P-range in sequence; a shift block affixed to the shift lever, wherein a guide is formed to the shift block; a key lock lever pivotally coupled to a vehicle body and rotatable by a second straight movement of the shift lever between the predetermined range and the P-range; and a motion transmitting member coupled to an end portion of the key lock lever and transmitting the rotation of the key lock lever to a key set as a straight motion while the other end portion of the key lock lever moves in the second straight movement from/to the P-range of the shift lever by the shift lever; wherein the key lock lever has a rotational axis disposed in parallel with the direction of the second straight movement; wherein a driving protrusion formed on the other end portion of the key lock lever protrudes toward the shift lever along the direction of a first straight movement of the shift lever; wherein the guide of the shift block is selectively coupled to the driving protrusion when the shift lever moves in the first straight movement and the guide of the shift block is continuously coupled to the driving protrusion when the shift lever moves in the second straight movement, the directions of the first and second straight movements being perpendicular each other; wherein an end portion of the driving protrusion of the key lock lever is rounded; wherein the guide of the shift lever is shaped of a groove formed to the shift block at an angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of the shift lever in the second straight movement such that the end portion of the driving protrusion is inserted into and rotatably coupled to the groove of the shift lever, the shift block being integrally formed with the shift lever; wherein an elastic member providing an elastic force pulling the driving protrusion of the key lock lever from the shift lever is provided with the key lock lever; and wherein the motion transmitting member is a cable transmitting a pushing force actuated by the rotation of the key lock lever to the key set when the shift lever moves along the direction of the second straight movement.