Lever-carried Lock Patents (Class 70/197)
  • Patent number: 6662604
    Abstract: An anti-theft device for vehicle steering mechanism, such as a steering shaft or a transmission rod, having a rotatable shaft. The anti-theft device has a fixing member fixed on the vehicle body, a connecting member joined with a steering handle, a locking member controlled by code device, a movable member provided on the rotatable shaft, for moving along the shaft but not rotatable around it. The movable member can move between a first position and a second position under the control of the locking member. When in the first position the movable member is engaged with the fixing member while disengaged with the connecting member so that the shaft can not rotate. When in the second position, the movable member is engaged with the connecting member while disengaged with the fixing member so that the shaft can rotate. The anti-theft device according to the invention has double functions of disconnecting transmission of steering force as well as locking the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Songyan Zhang
  • Patent number: 6357267
    Abstract: A gear shift lock for locking a gear shiftlever of an automobile with a manual transmission is disclosed. The lock has a ring with a through hole defined therethrough and a tube with a protrusion formed to be alternatively received in the through hole. When the protrusion is received in the through hole, the gear shiftlever is not able to be moved. When the protrusion of the tube is away from the through hole of the ring, the gear shiftlever is in an unlocked state and able to move freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Miko Lee
  • Patent number: 6098431
    Abstract: A manual shift lever locking structure including a knob moveable up and down relative to an axle of the shift lever; a lock in the knob for locking and fixing the knob and the axle of the shift lever relative to each other; and a restraining element provided under the knob for restraining the lower end of the knob wherein the axle of the shift lever are restrained from movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventor: Chi-yuan Li
  • Patent number: 6053018
    Abstract: Described is a security device for the lock on a switchgear-cabinet door, a machine housing or similar equipment, the device consisting of a first element (54) attached e.g. to the door (12) and a second element (44) attached e.g. to the door frame or machine-housing frame (24), the two elements (54, 44) being designed so that one can be inserted in the other and be held in this position under the control of an electrical signal, corresponding, for example, to the presence or absence of an operating signal. The invention calls, in the case of a door or machine-housing panel (12), for e.g. one element (54) to be attached to the handle (26) of a turning-handle lock (14) mounted on the door or housing panel and for the other element (44) to be attached in such a way to the door frame or housing frame (24) that this other element (44) projects out into the vicinity of the lock handle when the door is closed or the housing in place and the lock handle turned into the "locked" position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 5735148
    Abstract: An auto-transmission shift lever locking structure for an automobile is disclosed. The locking structure includes a base member mounted to a free end of the shift lever and a cover member secured to the base member, defining therebetween a space for disposing therein a locking member and a U-shaped hook member. The base member is provided with a concave slot thereon. The cover member is provided with a first channel and a second channel. A locking driver has a driving rod rotatable by a key for locking or unlocking the locking device. The locking driver is mounted into the first channel of the cover member, used to operate the driving member and further control the U-shaped hook member. A shift enabling button with a spring is inserted into the second channel of the cover member to perform shifting of the transmission system when the locking structure is at unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1998
    Inventor: Yung-Chi Hsiao