Anti-theft device for a steering column of a motor vehicle and associated assembly method

Abstract

The invention relates to an anti-theft device for the steering column of a motor vehicle and to the associated assembly method. The anti-theft device comprises an anti-theft body (15) and a locking module (23) intended to be received in a blind housing in the anti-theft body (15), said locking module (23) including: a bolt (25) mounted such that it can move between an unlocked position in which it is intended to be disposed at a distance from the steering column, and a locked position in which it is intended to lock said column; a bolt guide (27) in which the bolt (25) is movably mounted and from which the bolt can project out in the locked position; and an elastic return element (39) for the bolt, designed to urge the bolt (25) into the locked position, characterised in that it comprises a reinforcing cover (43) capping the bolt guide so as to be disposed between the wall forming the base of the blind housing (12) and the bolt guide (27), said reinforcing cover (43) blocking an opening (30) in the bolt guide (27) by compressing the elastic return element (39) for the bolt, said reinforcing cover (43) and said bolt guide (27) having complementary pre-holding members which co-operate with the elastic return element in order to hold the reinforcing cover (43) at the bolt guide (27).

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of anti-theft devices for steering columns and has a particularly advantageous application in the field of motor vehicles. Background technique [0002] figure 1 and figure 2 Two embodiments of a prior art anti-theft device 1 are shown, each comprising an anti-theft body 3 comprising a clamp intended to fasten the anti-theft device 1 to a steering column (not shown). Ferrule 5. The anti-theft device 1 also comprises a bolt 7 movably mounted in the anti-theft body 3, the bolt 7 being movable between an unlocked position and a locked position in which it is intended to be arranged at a distance from the steering column. distance and in the locked position it is intended to lock the post. This bolt 7 belongs to a locking module that also includes a slide 9 . The bolt 7 is driven by a slide 9, the displacement of which is itself controlled through the intermediary of a rotary lock (not shown) integrated into the ant...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the anti-theft body 3 is usually realized in a material with limited resistance, so that a visitor can also use e.g. a screwdriver to access the bolt to break the anti-theft body 3

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