Patent ID: 8033148

Claim:
An electric steering lock apparatus, comprising: a start source that starts a drive device of a vehicle; an electric drive source disposed in a frame body covered with a cover; a rod guide portion protruded on the frame body; a guide-side weak portion formed on the rod guide portion; a lock rod disposed in the rod guide portion so as to be freely movable between a locked position and an unlocked position by drive of the electric drive source; a rod-side weak portion formed on the lock rod; and a deadlock mechanism that holds a rod tip end-side region located closer to a tip end side of the lock rod than the weak portion thereof at a position at a point of time when the lock rod is cut off when the rod guide portion and the lock rod are cut off at positions of the guide-side weak portion and the rod-side weak portion, wherein a rod base end-side region located closer to a base end side of the lock rod than the rod-side weak portion thereof is held at the locked position in a state where the deadlock mechanism is actuated, and the start source is disabled to be started in a state where the lock rod is located at the locked position, and a locked position holding device composed of the rod base end-side region and the frame body, wherein the rod base end-side region of the rod is held at the locked position by engaging the rod base end-side region and the frame body with each other.