Patent ID: 7891221

Claim:
An electric steering lock device, comprising: a rotating body that is driven by a driving source to rotate in an unlocking direction and a locking direction; a first cam section and a second cam section provided in the rotating body; a lock member that follows the first cam section to be displaced in a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the first cam section between a lock position at which the rotation of a steering shaft is blocked and an unlock position at which the rotation of the steering shaft is allowed; a housing and a cover that form a part accommodation room for accommodating the rotating body, the first cam section, the second cam section, and the lock member; and a lever member that slides, while following the second cam section, so as to be able to be engaged with or detached from the lock member, wherein: the lever member is structured to: be positioned, when the lock member is positioned at the unlock position, at a waiting position at which the lock member is allowed to move, and be positioned, when the lock member is positioned at the lock position, at a retention position at which the lock member is blocked from being moved to the unlock position.