ANTITHEFT DEVICE Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has housing 1 with support 2 and guide hole accommodating stem 5 of interlocking device made in form of cover 4. Stem 5 has longitudinal slot with widening in upper part. Housing 1 and cover 4 form at least two slots to accommodate pedal levers. Lock 9 with detent 10 is installed in housing 1 under slots square to automobile centreline. Detent is cylindrical and is provided with flats. Detent gets into slot of stem 5 and engages with walls of stem 5 by its flats when cover 4 is vertically displaced. Device can be furnished with hook rigidly secured on cover for locking automobile steering wheel. Planes of joint of cover 4 and housing 1 are overlapped by projections made on inner or outer side of housing 1 or cover 4. Offered device provides high degrees of reliability of interlocking of automobile controls. EFFECT: high reliability, simple design, ease of installation. 3 cl, 5 dwg