Patent ID: 8353185

Claim:
A vehicle handle locking apparatus for a vehicle having a steering handle or a linkage member that operates together with the steering handle, the locking apparatus comprising: a fixed casing; a locking member that can operate between a locked position in which the locking member engages with the steering handle or the linkage member and an unlocked position in which engagement of the locking member with the steering handle or the linkage member is released; a holding member that holds the locking member so as to operate together with the locking member; a first resilient member that resiliently urges the locking member and the holding member toward the unlocked position; an engaging member that engages with the holding member in the locked position and holds the locking member in the locked position; an electric actuator that at least exerts power causing the engaging member to operate toward a position where engagement of the engaging member with the holding member in the locked position is released; and a forced unlocking drive means for forcibly driving the holding member toward the unlocked position that is configured to operate, in response to operation of the electric actuator in a state in which the locking member is in the locked position, to abut against the holding member and forcibly drive the holding member toward the unlocked position.