CN2183294Y - Automobile lock - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an automobile lock, comprising a U-shaped shackle, a transverse lever, an apparatus fixing the shackle to the transverse lever, a hoop yoke and a sliding part. The hoop yoke is fixed to a yoke lever, wherein, the sliding part can slide on the yoke lever; the apparatus fixing the shackle to the transverse lever can move in an oblique direction and a circumferential direction when the transverse lever is not locked, and can effectively prevent the shackle from dropping out from the position. The shackle can be lumped together with the transverse lever to form a firm structure when the transverse lever is locked. The hoop yoke and the shackle are respectively arranged at both sides of a hand wheel of the automobile in a radial and opposite direction. The yoke lever can axially extend in an axial direction. An axial groove is as well arranged on the sliding part.

Description

Automobile lock

The utility model relates to a kind of lock, is meant a kind of automotive lock of improvement especially.

There are every day many automobiles stolen, and the very costliness that has in these stolen automobiles.Automobile is not only car owner's loss after stolen, also be difficult to simultaneously follow the trail of and retrieve.The existing existing a lot of on the market electricity and the anti-joyride device of electronics, even some design can connect local police so that automobile is given for change.This kind device major part is quite complicated, very accurate device, thereby is out of order and kakergasia through regular meeting, and they are also quite expensive simultaneously, also can't prevent to touch.

There are a kind of frequent use and more cheap anti-joyride device to rotate to prevent this bearing circle for designing a device that can be installed on the vehicle steering.Referring to the US4 of Fain, 304,110; People's such as Mitchell US4,103,524; And the US3 of Moor, 462,982.These devices comprise crosses the bearing circle periphery, the distance that configures in advance that stretches out, and wherein wheel just is limited in the automobile area division and rotates.Some this class device is defined on the bearing circle that is used in specific size.This class device of other then is subject to the destruction of mechanical force or other modes.Owing to use a device of prying open to produce infringement to bearing circle or bearing circle rotary column usually,, and be difficult to sometimes use naturally these devices are just very inconvenient.

A kind of anti-joyride device typically refers to crutch lock (club), receives an acclaim very much recently, is used for antitheft or can reduces the stolen number of times of automobile at least.This device is at the US.Des.289 of Charles R.Johnson, and 491(1987 authorized April 28) in disclosure is arranged, and with its US4,738,127(1988 authorized April 19) have an identical patent name: " automobile steering lock ".

Be disclosed in US4, the described device in 738,127 comprises the microscler sleeve body element of a prior preseting length, wherein establishes tween drive shaft and runs through wherein.First and second longitudinally-spaced hook can move along this and be stuck on radially opposite two sections of bearing circle.This first hook is arranged on an end of this body elements, and the mode of its setting is for extending across this body the circumference of this bearing circle, and second hook then is provided with a device that moves in flexible mode in this body elements.If a device is connected on the body and releasably respectively this two arbitrary place that is hooked in a plurality of positions is pinned.One housing is set is connected with this body, and certain part and be provided with passage and extend through this place in the body of packing into.This device is locked into a rod member on the passage and places housing.This body elements comprises that the tail end of a hardware and this housing forms with die casting and constitutes a structure with body, wherein is provided with a locking device in this structure.Long limit along this rod member is provided with a plurality of grooves at interval with X.One locking element then is arranged among the housing, and arranges in a movable manner mutually, a part this body elements of passage extend through at the primary importance place of lock for intersecting, and have a second place to be provided with latch fitting but do not intersect with passage.This latch fitting is used to be presented in the loose design-calculated groove of rod member, that is when in primary importance, and this latch fitting fork-join is limited among the passage in the groove of rod member and with rod member mobile.Under this kind situation, this bar can be locked in along on any position in these a plurality of diverse locations in rod member limit.

The above installs its shortcoming can be destroyed or at least also can be out of shape, thereby unclamp on bearing circle in this hook portion.

In addition, another shortcoming of these devices is fork-join at latch fitting and pole gain, and being positioned at this device intermediate interdigitated partly can be destroyed.

Main purpose of the present utility model is overcoming the shortcoming that the above commonly uses device, and provide a kind of plug-in type improvement lock, this kind form lock to be easier to and handled easily, be a firm and simple structure simultaneously, when it was locked, shackle was locked on this cross bar and forms a solid tectosome.

More particularly, another purpose of the present utility model is to provide a kind of locking device that is used on the automobile.

The utility model automotive lock comprises that one has the U type shackle of a pair of step, other has a cross bar that cooperates with it to pass the tail end of this U type shackle and pins, one in order to this two stationary device, its fixed form is to make this shackle simultaneously can prevent that it from moving with respect to this cross bar is made cant and circumferencial direction when unlocked motion, one hoop yoke then is fixed on the yoke bar, and another device should bind round yoke in the mode that slidably reaches operation and is connected on the U type shackle with specific spacing distance.One latch mechanism releasably is locked in somewhere on the bearing circle with this shackle.This hoop yoke with one slidably device cooperate second position that is locked into bearing circle opposite side axial opposed.But this yoke bar extends across this bearing circle actv. and prevents the whole rotation of bearing circle.

It would be desirable that this latch mechanism is made of a kind of in the various locks of the following stated, comprising: rim lock, dowel lock, spring loaded dowel lock, end locking and side seal lock.Be preferably on this cross bar and the hoop yoke and cover a plastic colloid overplate.

Below with reference to accompanying drawing the utility model is described in further detail.

Brief Description Of Drawings:

Fig. 1 is the enforcement illustration of locking device on vehicle steering shown in the figure for the utility model is used in the External view of the locking device on the automobile;

Fig. 2 is the cutaway view of locking device shown in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is another embodiment cutaway view of the utility model locking device;

Fig. 4 is the part sectional view of the employed latch mechanism of the utility model.

Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, be generally used on the automobile, also available with theft-proof improvement locking device 10, comprise U type shackle 12, cross bar 14, in order to shackle 12 is assembled into the latch mechanism 16 on the cross bar 14, jump to the hoop yoke 18 on the extension 22 of a tubulose hoop yoke bar 20 and a tubulose hoop yoke bar, and a plant end of cross bar 14 and the mode that can slide is presented to sliding part 24 among tubulose hoop yoke bar 20 and the extension 22 thereof.

As shown in fig. 1, this shackle 12 snaps on certain part that can entangle bearing circle 26 in the cross bar 14 fully.This hoop yoke 18 and these slidable member 24 1 lifting devices are on the other end radially opposite with described bearing circle 26.Desirable situation is that these latch mechanism 16 outer shrouds are arranged with a stiffener 28.

Thief for a desire car theft, can be in the face of automotive lock just like locking device 10, it has being stuck on the radially opposite both sides of bearing circle 26 that crash-resistant structure can be firm, be connected across on the bearing circle 26 with a solid shaft-like sliding part 24, and have a firm yoke bar 20 to extend from bearing circle one end, then make this bearing circle can't rotate fully.Even destroyed at this latch mechanism 16, robber attempt is pried open device 10 or all can't be achieved the goal smoothly when from bearing circle 26 it being pulled down.

This cross bar 14, shackle 12, sliding part 24, hoop yoke 18, yoke bar 20 and its extension 22 and this stiffener 28 are preferably by making through the senior steel of hot-cured.This cross bar 14, yoke bar 20 and extension 22 thereof are the tubular structure of a hollow, and this shackle 12 and hoop yoke 18 then are solid cylindric rod member.Can be at this cross bar 14 and shackle 12, the outside face of hoop yoke 18 and yoke bar 20 and its extension 22 applies overplate.Overplate can be when being locked in locking device on the bearing circle by this, and the uppermost layer of protection bearing circle can be by scratch.This overplate can also can be coloredly for transparent, is preferably made by plastic cement or rubber, can any known mode with this cover arrangement to locking device 10 on, as dipping on this surface or overlap and load onto an elastomeric cover.

As shown in Figure 2, this shackle 12 is the U type haply and forms a pair of isometric pin 30,32 that is haply.Pin 30,32 can be for cylindrical or oval.The end of pin 30 is a kind of forniciform foot 34.This foot 34 is preferably as shown in FIG. from the angle at Y outer incline one obtuse angle of pin 30.32 on the pin of an other side is a linearity, and is provided with an outstanding tapered segment 36 in its one side towards latch mechanism 16.This latch mechanism 16 is a cylinder-type lock in this embodiment, open by a key (not shown), this latch mechanism is provided with the accessory 40 that a rotating pin 38 and cooperates with it, when unlocked this two can partly 36 rotate (as shown in FIG.) around this outstanding circular cone, if under the situation of locking, accessory 40 just is stuck in the below of this outstanding tapered segment 36.Under inlay card like this, accessory 40 can actv. prevents that the bipod 30,32 of shackle 12 from removing from cross bar 14 places.

Shackle 12 is set firmly one of device of cross bar 14, promptly Wan Qu foot 34 in fact is a kind of embedding foot.So tolerable shackle 12 freely places cross bar 14, moves or makes circular movement in tiltable mode, can effectively prevent that shackle 12 from removing in this cross bar 14 simultaneously.Therefore this shackle has and commonly uses the more operating mode of shackle.However, when the state of locking, the embedding foot 34 of this shackle 12 forms a solid member that installs on the cross bar 14.

Embed foot 34 and tilt in obtuse angle, and on the periphery of end, be provided with a circle depression 46 at this foot from the longitudinal axis of pin 30.One O type ring 48 is presented among this depression 46.This O type ring 48 is outwards outstanding from this depression 46, so that match with the structure of cross bar 14, and foot that should bending is inserted among the depression of a ccontaining usefulness, that is even under unlocked situation, foot 34 will be inserted among the cross bar 14.Then, shackle 12 can move freely anywhere, thereby attaches it to easily on any a part of position of automobile steering wheel 26.

Cross bar 14 is made of the openings at two ends on the same straight line of its side 42 and 44.Opening 42 and 44 is decided by the distance between the pin 30 and 32 of U type shackle 12 apart from one another by the distance of opening.

Hoop yoke 18 can be a kind of U type structure simultaneously and preferably constitutes solid cylinder rod member with a pair of foot 50 and 52, and this foot's difference fork-join is to the extension 22 of yoke bar 20 and yoke bar.The mode device that the pin 50 and 52 of hoop yoke 18 can weld is on yoke bar 20 and extension 22 thereof.

By a pin 56 affixed axle bushes 54, and 54 on this axle bush is inserted into a pin 58 and is fixed among the cross bar 14 on the sliding part 24.

Shackle 12 and hoop yoke 18 distance of separating can be changed by sliding part 24 and yoke bar 20 and relatively moving of extension 22 thereof.A pair of O type ring 60,62 is set respectively, moves along axially producing of sliding part 24 with respect to yoke bar 20 and extension 22 thereof at any ad-hoc location in order to prevent sliding part 24.Wherein an O type ring 60 is installed on the yoke bar extension 22, and another O type ring 62 then installs the free end of sliding part 24.In addition, hoop yoke 18, yoke 20 and extension 22 thereof also can be made circumference around this sliding part 24 and freely rotate, and mat change pin 58 insertion ring-type clasps, and cross bar 14 also can rotate around sliding bar 24.The element of each the above lock 10 all can be adjusted action easily on vehicle steering 26 as shown in Figure 1.

At first, lock 10 is installed on the bearing circle 26, sliding part 24 is unclamped on the free end of yoke bar 20, till this free end no longer is equipped with anything, O type ring 62 is presented among the depression 64 on the yoke bar extension 22.Freely separate between two foots 50,52 of this military order hoop yoke 18, and this separate section can be nested into the other end of bearing circle 26.At this moment, 12 of U type shackles are at a non-operating position, and 32 of foots freely are suspended on the cross bar 14.12 of shackles only are presented in the cross bar 14 by its crooked foot 34, and only with these O type ring 48 inlay card positions.Mat is adjusted the distance of separation of shackle 12 and hoop yoke 18; For example bind round the second place place radially that yoke 18 is looped around bearing circle 26 this moment, shackle 12 is inserted into its free end 32 in the cross bar 14 simultaneously and is located, and mat one latch mechanism 16 is locked in this place with it.This latch mechanism can be put lock (as shown in Figures 1 and 2) or a kind of side inlay card lock (as shown in Figure 3) for the end inlay card.In addition, this latch mechanism also can be cylinder lock, the key of its rotation can be forwarded to one and lock and unlocked position, or it can be a kind of spring dowel lock, as shown in Figure 3, or can be a kind of rim lock of holding the close rim lock of embedding or a kind of side to set as shown in Figure 4 (not shown in the figures come out).

Be illustrated in figure 3 as another kind of embodiment.

Automotive lock 70 in this embodiment as shown in Figure 3, it also has a shackle 72, fork-join hoop yoke 74, a cross bar 80, a sliding part 82 and the latch mechanism 84 on a yoke 76 and the extension 78 thereof, and the action of each member is identical with the lock 10 described in Fig. 1 and 2.

The lock 70 shown in Figure 3 and the difference of the lock 10 among Fig. 1 will be illustrated in following.At first, opposite direction utilization embeds foot 86 and inserts in the free end that is embedded into cross bar 80 and go among shackle 72 and Fig. 1.The second, latch mechanism 84 be embedded among the cross bar 80 by side and the boundary between two foots of shackle 72.The 3rd, latch mechanism 84 is preferably a kind of pattern of dowel lock 88 of compression spring, only in the time spring pin 88 will being locked in the free end of shackle 72, just must use a key with its rotation (not showing among the figure).The 4th, sliding part 82 is provided with a groove 90 in the axial direction.One pin 92 installs among the extension 78 of yoke 76, produces enough friction force so that help it to move in order to be inserted in the groove 90 and to drive, to use between sliding part 82 and yoke 76.The 5th, the end of this sliding part 82 is equally with among two pins, the 94 and 96 firm linings that are inserted into cross bar 80.

Be a cylinder-type lock 98 from the end inlay card as shown in Figure 4, be preferably a rim lock, that is the locking bar of this lock is locked the pin place of the free end that snaps into shackle automatically.If desire to unblank 98 to use a key (being represented among the figure) to open.

Automotive lock described in the utility model as can be known in sum has been characterised in that a U type shackle, is provided with one and embeds foot and above relative configurations of lifting on this shackle, then can reach the purpose and the advantage of the above lock.

Certainly, more than for graphic and embodiment is all non-that the utility model spirit is limited, all above feature described in the utility model is changed neither disengaging category of the present utility model.

Claims (12)

1, a kind of automotive lock is characterized in that this automotive lock comprises:

(a) can be by first device of device to certain of bearing circle;

(b) second device that links to each other with first device in movable mode, described second device is become radially rightabout second position with described first device by device to bearing circle;

(c) the extension stretched of an epitaxial lateral overgrowth in this first and second device;

(d) latch mechanism that releasably one of described device is installed on the described bearing circle; And

(e) one can stretch the mode device of transmission on the described extension and jump to sliding part on one of this bearing circle and described first and second device device, described sliding part be provided with one from fixing apparatus so that described sliding part is stuck in any position at it on axially.

2, automotive lock as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described latch mechanism can be a kind of in the following stated lock: rim lock, dowel lock, spring dowel lock, end inlay card lock and side inlay card lock.

3, automotive lock as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described first device is a hoop yoke that constitutes with described extension.

4, automotive lock as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that described second device is the U type shackle that can be operated by described latch mechanism.

5, automotive lock as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that being provided with a groove at the axial place of described sliding part.

6, automotive lock as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that describedly comprising O type ring at least one periphery that installs described sliding part from fixing apparatus.

7, automotive lock as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this automotive lock further comprises the stiffener that installs on the described latch mechanism.

8, a kind of automotive lock is characterized in that this automotive lock comprises:

(a) by the hoop yoke of device to certain of bearing circle, this hoop yoke is connected with a tubulose yoke bar and extension thereof;

(b) with movable mode and described hoop yoke bonded assembly U type shackle, described shackle is become radially rightabout second position with described hoop yoke by device to described bearing circle;

(c) cross bar of a lock tube on the tail end of described shackle;

(d) latch mechanism that releasably described shackle is fixed on the described cross bar;

(e) one be fixed on the wherein end of described shackle and install to sliding part among described tubulose yoke bar and the extension thereof in telescopic mode, described sliding part jumps on described bearing circle and the described hoop yoke, is provided with one from fixing apparatus on described sliding part.

9, automotive lock as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that described shackle has a pair of step, wherein the end of a leg be provided with one with the longitudinal axis of this pin crooked foot of bevelled in obtuse angle, the place is provided with an annular pocket in described crooked foot adjacent end, and with an O type loop device among described depression, the free end of another leg is provided with a lock inlay card part.

10, automotive lock as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that described latch mechanism is a kind of in the following stated lock: rim lock, built-in lock lock, spring dowel lock, end inlay card lock and side inlay card lock.

11, automotive lock as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that being provided with a groove in the axial strong point of described sliding part.

12, automotive lock as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that describedly comprising that from fixing apparatus one is embedded in O type ring and on the free end of described sliding part and is fixed in the 2nd O type ring on the extension of described yoke bar.

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