Patent ID: 7316138

Claim:
A steering lock mechanism comprising: a steering shaft; a steering column for accommodating and rotatably supporting the steering shaft; a lock body for covering part of the steering column; a lock member movably accommodated in the lock body and formed to enable restriction of rotation of the steering shaft; a bracket fastened to the lock body so as to cover another part of the steering column, with the bracket and the lock body sandwiching the steering column; and a hinged fastening portion for fastening the bracket to the lock body, the hinged fastening portion including: a pin; a pin support, arranged on the lock body, for supporting the pin, the pin being inserted into the pin support in a partially exposed state; a hook arranged on the bracket and hooked to the exposed part of the pin; and a stopper, arranged on the bracket or the body, for preventing the hook from being unhooked from the pin, wherein the bracket has an inner surface facing towards the steering column, and the stopper is formed to extend from the hook towards the inner surface of the bracket so as to prevent the hook from being unhooked from the pin by abutting against the pin support when torque is applied to the steering shaft while the lock member is restricting rotation of the steering shaft.