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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1982
Haruo Mochida, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshimitsu Takeda, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Fukasawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Masaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kiichi Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Nissan Motor Company, Limited, Yokohama, JP;
Kokusan Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A steering lock assembly to lock and unlock a steering shaft by use of a key. The rotation of the rotor through key manipulation is controlled by a knob provided back of the steering lock assembly with a spacing to make impossible one-hand operation. Only when the knob is depressed, control means permits the rotor to rotate from an unlock position to a lock position with the result that car accidents due to inadvertent pulling out of the key on a down-hill ride is avoided.