DEVICE FOR BLOCKING THE STEERING SPINDLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

摘要

A device for irrotationally locking a motor vehicle's steering shaft ( 1 ) using a locking element ( 2 ) located within a housing ( 8 ) and displaceable to-and-fro between a locking and a release position. The housing ( 8 ) is detachably affixed to a tubular casing ( 5 ) enclosing the steering shaft ( 1 ) and comprising a receptacle ( 18 ) that receives the housing ( 8 ) being inserted therein. According to the invention and for the sake of easy assembly and disassembly and high security against theft and easy manufacture, the housing ( 8 ) is pushed into the receptacle ( 18 ) in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis ( 10 ) of the tubular casing ( 5 ).