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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2009
Applicants:
Tomohiro Fukatsu, Aichi, JP;
Masanari Okuno, Aichi, JP;
Nobuhisa Inoue, Mie-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho, Aichi, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/02 (2013.01); B60R 25/0215 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/02153 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric steering wheel lock device including a lock bar which moves between a lock position, at which the lock bar prohibits rotation of a steering shaft, and an unlock position, at which the lock bar permits rotation of the steering shaft. An electric motor generates drive force for moving the lock bar. A motor holding member for holding the electric motor includes a motor fastening portion having two contact portions, which face toward each other, to clamp a casing of the electric motor.