Patent ID: 8417419

Claim:
A device for locking the steering column of a motorcycle, which includes a first module secured to the rotating column and a second module secured to the frame of the vehicle, which is stationary with respect to said column, said frame mechanically limiting the angular amplitude of rotation of said column, a module including a locking bolt projecting toward the other module, the other module including two flat bolts projecting toward the other module, the locking bolt or the pair of flat bolts capable of moving between a deployed position so as to create an obstacle over the course of angular movement of the other module for the purpose of locking or prevent the movement of the latter and a retracted position so as to allow the latter to move, characterized in that: said locking bolt or the pair of flat bolts is caused to move by an actuator controlled by a unit communicating with a hands-free subassembly by a wire connection or by a radiofrequency connection, the two flat bolts are arranged at the two ends of the angular course defined by said frame, so as to create: an area of operation without possible locking between said two flat bolts, a locking area at each end of the angular course defined by said frame, in which the locking area is defined by the space between the flat bolt and the end of the angular course, so that said locking bolt can reach the end of the angular course and the corresponding locking area only in the retracted position of the locking bolt or the flat bolts, and the deployment of said locking bolt or the flat bolts in the area of operation defined between the two flat bolts prevents said locking bolt from passing into the locking area during normal operation of the vehicle.