Patent ID: 7617708

Claim:
An ignition lock comprising: an ignition lock housing; a carrier element disposed in said ignition lock housing and configured to hold an ignition key, said ignition lock housing defining a longitudinal axis, said carrier element being movable along the longitudinal axis; a slide bar disposed in said ignition lock housing, said slide bar being movable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis between a blocking position and an unblocking position, said carrier element and said slide bar being configured such that said carrier element displaces said slide bar from the blocking position to the unblocking position when said carrier element moves along the longitudinal axis; a latch bar disposed in said ignition lock housing, said latch bar being movable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis between a latching position and an unlatching position, said carrier element and said latch bar being configured such that said latch bar, when in the latching position, restricts a movement of said carrier element along the longitudinal axis, and said latch bar, when in the unlatching position, releases said carrier element allowing said carrier element to move along the longitudinal axis; and said latch bar and said slide bar being configured such that when said latch bar is in the unlatching position and said slide bar is in the blocking position, said slide bar prevents said latch bar from moving from the unlatching position to the latching position.