Omron Corporation

Shunji Mori

Hiroyuki Onitsuka

Hiroaki Takeya

Hideaki Kojima

Masashi Sato

Ryoji Shimizu

The present invention provides a handlebar locking mechanism and a handlebar locking device, each of which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar locking device () includes an engagement hole () made in a steering column (), a lock pin () which locks a handlebar () in a case where a pin tip part () of the lock pin () is engaged with the engagement hole (), and a lock pin drive mechanism which (i) moves, in a case where the handlebar () is to be locked, the lock pin () so that the pin tip part () is engaged with the engagement hole () and (ii) moves, in a case where the handlebar () is to be unlocked, the lock pin () so that the pin tip part () is removed from the engagement hole (). The engagement hole (), the lock pin (), and the lock pin drive mechanism being contained and provided in a frame () of a bicycle () so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle ().

Handlebar locking mechanism, handlebar locking device, and moving body

The present invention provides a handlebar lock system which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) includes a handlebar locking device which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar lock system includes: a handlebar locking device (); and a user interface () which notifies a user of an operation state of the handlebar locking device (), which operation state includes at least a lock state of the handlebar (). The handlebar locking device () is provided in a frame of a bicycle so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle. The control section () identifies the operation state, and then outputs, via a communication section (), information indicative of the operation state thus identified. A control section () of the user interface () receives, from the handlebar locking device (), the information indicative of the operation state. According to the information thus received, the control section () notifies the user of operation information on the handlebar locking device ().

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Gifu, Japan

Shunji Mori