Patent ID: 7591158

Claim:
A motorcycle locking apparatus, comprising: a turning shaft connected to a handle lock of a motorcycle for displacing the handle lock to a lock position and an unlock position; an operation knob disposed on one end of the turning shaft to turn said turning shaft, wherein the operation knob comprises a cylindrical portion by which the operation knob is turnably fitted along an outer periphery of the turning shaft, and an operating portion connected to the cylindrical portion; a connecting means having a torque limiter mechanism for directly connecting the operation knob and the turning shaft to each other; and an electromagnetic actuator which engages a pawl member with the turning shaft when the operation knob is in a predetermined handle lock position to limit the turning motion of the turning shaft, and which releases the limitation in response to a releasing signal from outside, wherein the torque limiter mechanism comprises a click ball which is accommodated in the turning shaft and resiliently biased in an outer peripheral direction of the turning shaft, and a recess formed in the cylindrical portion of the operation knob such that the click ball is fitted into the recess, and the torque limiter mechanism is configured such that after the connection of the turning shaft and the operation knob is released by a motion of the torque limiter mechanism, when the operation knob is turned to a connecting position corresponding to the handle lock position that is provided on only one place of the turning shaft in relation to a turning direction of the turning shaft, the torque limiter mechanism is reset to connect the operation knob and the turning shaft with each other.