Mit Zuendanlassschalter ausgeruestetes Lenkradschloss fuer Kraftfahrzeuge

摘要

1,119,795. Vehicle locking devices. J. VOSS [trading as JOSEF VOSS K.G.]. 26 July, 1965 [30 July, 1964], No. 31715/65. Heading B7J. [Also in Division E2] A steering wheel lock operating a bolt 5 radially movable into the steering column has a " locked " position H in which a spring biased ignition switch 6 is broken and the bolt 5 moved into the column, a " garage " position G where the switch is broken and the bolt withdrawn, a " drive " position Z where the switch is made and the bolt withdrawn and a " starting " position A identical to the drive position and where the starting circuit is also made. All these positions may be selected with or without the use of a key, but once locked then the lock may only be released by a key. The mechanism comprises a rotating cylinder 3 in a cylinder lock 4, pins 7 being disposed in the cylinder 3 and sprung pins 8, 9 in the casing 4. The pins 7 abut the fatter pins 9 in the " garage " position, Fig. 4, with the key inserted and at other times the pins 9 merely abut the cylinder 3 and do not prevent its rotation. When the key is inserted in the " garage " position the pins 7 force back the pins 9 so that the key may be withdrawn. On its end face the cylinder 3 is connected to and may be rotated by a knob 10 in which a catch 11 pivoted at 13 is mounted to disengage a catch pin 17 from an arcuate slot 18 on the underside of the knob base 101, which slot extends between the " garage " to the " starting " positions, Fig. 6. The pin 17 can be forced out of the groove 18 by the bevel on catch 11 to the undersurface of the base 101 by turning the knob 10 or the inserted key and depressing the catch 11. When the vehicle has been stopped and secured the cylinder 3 is in the " locked " position H in Fig. 5, and held from rotation by pins 8 and the bolt 5 is engaged. Insertion of the key pushes back the pins 8 and allows the cylinder to rotate 90 degrees to the " garage " position where the pin 17 enters the groove 18. The key is then removed and the knob and cylinder 3 can then be rotated between the " start and " garage " positions, where the bolt 5 is removed but the knob and cylinder 3 are prevented from moving into the " locked " position by the pin 17 which forms a rotation stop against the end of groove 18.