Patent ID: 7982334

Claim:
A motor-driven steering lock apparatus provided with a lock bolt which is movable to a lock position engaging with a steering shaft of a vehicle and an unlock position releasing from the steering shaft, a driving means driving the lock bolt to the lock position and the unlock position, and a drive control means controlling the driving means, the motor-driven steering lock apparatus comprising: a host first control means having a feed line feeding a power supply to the drive control means; a host second control means carrying out a different control from the host first control means and the drive control means; and a switching means connecting and interrupting a power supply line from a battery based on a feed signal indicating a matter that the drive control means is fed from the host first control means via the feed line, a power supply-enabling signal from the host first control means, and a power supply-enabling signal from the host second control means, wherein the power supply line from the battery and the driving means are connected by the switching means only at a time when the feed signal from the host first control means to the drive control means, the power supply-enabling signal from the host first control means and the power supply-enabling signal from the host second control means are input to the switching means.