CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPENING OR CLOSING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CIRCUIT AND LOCKING DEVICE FOR STEERING COLUMN PROVIDED WITH SUCH A CONTROL DEVICE

摘要

P THE PRESENT INVENTION APPLIES TO A MOTOR VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN LOCKING DEVICE. /P P IT IS CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE LOCKING DEVICE INCLUDES A SERIES OF DISCS 22A ... 22F FORMING A COMBINATION LOCK, AND EACH THROUGH AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT, THE DISC PLACED AT AN END OF THE SERIES IS CONNECTED TO THE ACTIVE TERMINAL OF THE VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, WHILE THE DISC PLACED AT THE OTHER END OF THE SERIES THE MASS; WHEN THE DISCS ARE ROTATED TO ALIGN THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS, A CIRCUIT IS ESTABLISHED WITH A SOLENOID 14, 80 WHICH CONTROLLES THE MOVEMENT OF AN ARMATURE OR LOCKING LATCH 15 BETWEEN A PLACEMENT POSITION IN A NOTCH 20 OF STEERING BAR 21 AND AN UNLOCKING POSITION. /P P IT RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLES. /P