Automobile gear lever lock

Abstract

The present application relates to a kind of automobile gear lever locks, at least including first shell and second shell, hinge, lock cylinder and lock hole, by the first shell and second shell of the present application can be completely wrapped around the head of automobile gear lever, after the first shell and second shell are closed and locked, it can not be pressed to the gear release button on the head of automobile gear lever by thief, so that the vehicle cannot be operated to enter gear, so as to prevent the thief from driving away the vehicle, and achieve the function of automobile theft prevention.

Description

Automobile gear lever lock TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present invention relates to an automobile gear lever lock, in particular to an automobile gear lever lock capable of covering a gear lever head of an automobile so as to prevent the gear release button on the gear lever head from being operated and thus prevent the automobile from being smoothly shifted, thereby achieving the purpose of vehicle security to prevent theft. BACKGROUND

[0002] Vehicle theft has always been a public security problem that the public pays great attention to. In order to prevent vehicles from being stolen, some vehicle owners will install an automobile gear lever lock. The traditional automobile gear lever lock mainly uses an additional rod to lock the automobile gear lever, so that the automobile gear lever is limited in shifting, and thus the vehicle cannot be driven away, thereby achieving the purpose of vehicle security.

[0003] More recently, there are many patents with the main design of covering an automobile gear lever head, such as Taiwan Patent Publication Nos. TW308146, TW308147, TW309863, TW395350, TW496328, and the like. However, the designs of these patent cases are too complex, which not only makes it difficult to produce, but also increases the processing cost during production. Furthermore, these patent cases also have many design flaws, such as being easily pried open by external force and thus failing to effectively cover the automobile gear lever head, which makes it easy to be damaged by external force and lose the protection of the vehicle, resulting in the undesirable situation that it is not easy to be accepted by the public when actually implemented. SUMMARY

[0004] The present invention relates to an automobile gear lever lock, which mainly overcomes the shortcomings of the traditional automobile gear lever lock design, which is too complex and thus increases the processing cost, and is easily damaged by external force and loses the protection of the vehicle.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention provides an automobile gear lever lock. The automobile gear lever lock of the present invention at least includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge, a lock cylinder, and a lock hole. The first housing is made of metal and has an accommodation portion on the inner surface, and a groove is formed along the inner surface of the end edge of the first housing. The second housing is also made of metal and has an accommodation portion on the inner surface, and a protruding rib is formed on the inner surface of the end edge of the second housing to be fitted with the groove of the first housing. The hinge is made of metal and is used to combine the first housing and the second housing, and the hinge has a first hinge piece, a second hinge piece, and an axis. The lock cylinder is fixed to the inner surface of one of the first housing or the second housing. The lock hole is provided on the inner surface of one of the first housing or the second housing corresponding to the lock cylinder.

[0006] The application can produce the application effect by the above structure, the first shell, the second shell and the hinge are made of high strength metal with anti-drilling and anti-knocking, so as to prevent the thief from damaging the application by external force, wherein the first shell, the second shell and the hinge are combined into one body to form a very tight state, especially when the first shell and the second shell are closed, the embedding groove of the first shell and the convex rib of the second shell are embedded, so that the interface of the first shell and the second shell after being closed has excellent tightness and is not easy to be inserted and pried from the joint between the first shell and the second shell after being closed. The lock cylinder is locked by a screw, the screw is completely hidden when the first shell and the second shell are closed, which helps the screw not to be damaged, ensuring the safety of the lock cylinder, and the lock cylinder is covered with a cover plate, which is also made of high strength metal, so if it is damaged by an electric drill, when the drill bit of the electric drill contacts the cover plate, the cover plate will rotate with the drill bit, so that the drill bit cannot effectively drill, and the strength of the cover plate itself is also enough to resist the drilling of the drill bit, so as to protect the lock cylinder from being damaged by external force, so that the thief cannot operate the gear release button on the head of the automobile gear lever, so that the application has high automobile anti-theft protection effect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0007] Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the application.

[0008] Fig. 2 is a combination view of the application.

[0009] Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the application in an open state.

[0010] Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the application when it is expanded.

[0011] Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the application when it is closed.

[0012] Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the application when it is locked.

[0013] Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the application when it is unlocked.

[0014] Fig. 8 is another embodiment of the application.

[0015] SYMBOL DESCRIPTION:

[0016] 1: first shell 11: accommodating part

[0017] 12: embedding groove

[0018] 13: long slot

[0019] 14: screw hole

[0020] 15: convex column

[0021] 2: second housing 21: accommodating portion

[0022] 22: convex rib

[0023] 23: concave groove

[0024] 24: long groove

[0025] 25: screw hole

[0026] 26: convex post

[0027] 3: hinge 31: first hinge piece 311: fixed plate

[0028] 312: bent portion 313: hollow shaft tube

[0029] 314: screw

[0030] 32: second hinge piece 321: fixed plate

[0031] 322: bent portion 323: hollow shaft tube

[0032] 324: screw

[0033] 33: shaft

[0034] 4: lock cylinder 41: lock bolt 411: concave groove

[0035] 42: keyhole

[0036] 43: cover piece 431: channel

[0037] 44: screw

[0038] 5: lock hole 51: fixed rod

[0039] 52: screw

[0040] 53: spring

[0041] 54: receptacle

[0042] 6: gear box DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0043] First, please refer to Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, the present application at least includes a first housing 1, second housing 2, hinge 3, lock cylinder 4 and lock hole 5.

[0044] The first housing 1 is made of high strength metal with anti-drilling, anti-knock, the inner surface of the first housing 1 has a containing part 11, along the end edge of the first housing 1 inner surface circumference formed with the embedded groove 12, the first housing 1 one side of the end edge has a long groove 13 recessed in the body, the long groove 13 both ends are provided with screw holes 14, one side of the long groove 13 has at least one protruding column 15, the protruding column 15 does not protrude out of the long groove 13.

[0045] The second housing 2 is made of high strength metal with anti-drilling, anti-knock, the inner surface of the second housing 2 has a containing part 21, and along the end edge of the second housing 2 inner surface circumference formed with the convex rib 22, the second housing 2 one side of the end edge is formed with a side view of the ladder-shaped notch 23, the notch 23 in the second housing 2 end edge is formed with a long groove 24 recessed in the body, the long groove 24 both ends are provided with screw holes 25, one side of the long groove 24 has at least one protruding column 26, the protruding column 26 does not protrude out of the long groove 24.

[0046] The hinge 3 is made of high strength metal with anti-drilling, anti-knock, the hinge 3 has a first hinge piece 31, a second hinge piece 32 and an axis 33, the first hinge piece 31 has a fixed plate 311 and a hollow shaft tube 313, the fixed plate 311 both ends have slightly bent-shaped bending parts 312; the second hinge piece 32 has a fixed plate 321 and two hollow shaft tubes 323, the fixed plate 321 both ends have slightly bent-shaped bending parts 322; the axis 33 is a rod.

[0047] The lock cylinder 4 has a lock tongue 41 at one end, the lock tongue 41 has a notch 411, in addition, the lock cylinder 4 has a key hole 42, the end of the key hole 42 is covered by a cover plate 43 which can rotate in place, the cover plate 43 is made of high strength metal and has a groove 431, the groove 431 cooperates with the key hole 42 of the lock cylinder 4; when implemented, the lock cylinder 4 is fixed by screws 44 on the inner surface of one of the first housing 1 or the second housing 2, which is taken as an example below to be fixed on the inner surface of the first housing 1, but this is only for convenient explanation and is not limited.

[0048] A lock hole 5 is provided in the inner surface of one of the first housing 1 and the second housing 2, and the lock hole 5 has at least one fixing rod 51, a spring 53 and a supporting disc 54. The fixing rod 51 is locked in the lock hole 5 by a screw 52. One end of the spring 53 is arranged at the bottom of the lock hole 5, and the other end of the spring 53 is covered by the supporting disc 54 and faces the fixing rod 51. The spring 53 is used to push the supporting disc 54 to abut against the fixing rod 51 in the lock hole 5. The diameter of the supporting disc 54 is greater than the distance between the fixing rod 51 and the inner surface of the lock hole 5, so that the supporting disc 54 is limited by the fixing rod 51 and cannot fall out of the lock hole 5. The supporting disc 54 is made of high-strength metal and is resistant to drilling and knocking. The lock hole 5 is arranged in the inner surface of one of the first housing 1 and the second housing 2, and corresponds to the lock cylinder 4. The lock hole 5 is arranged in the inner surface of the second housing 2 as an example.

[0049] As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are combined. First, the fixing plate 311 of the first hinge piece 31 is inserted into the long slot 13 of the first housing 1. At this time, the bent portions 312 at both ends of the fixing plate 311 of the first hinge piece 31 can abut against the inner surface of the long slot 13 of the first housing 1, so as to facilitate the false fixing of the fixing plate 311 of the first hinge piece 31. In addition, the convex column 15 in the long slot 13 of the first housing 1 further abuts against the fixing plate 311 of the first hinge piece 31, so as to further facilitate the false fixing of the fixing plate 311.

[0050] Then, the two screws 314 are respectively locked into the screw holes 14 at both ends of the long slot 13 of the first housing 1, so as to fix the bent portions 312 of the fixing plate 311 of the first hinge piece 31. In this way, the first hinge piece 31 is finally fixed in the long slot 13 of the first housing 1. At this time, the hollow shaft tube 313 of the first hinge piece 31 abuts against the inner surface of the end edge of the first housing 1.

[0051] Then, the two hollow shaft tubes 323 of the second hinge piece 32 are aligned with the hollow shaft tube 313 of the first hinge piece 31. The shaft 33 is inserted into and fixed in the two hollow shaft tubes 323 of the second hinge piece 32 and the hollow shaft tube 313 of the first hinge piece 31, so that the first hinge piece 31, the second hinge piece 32 and the shaft 33 are integrated.

[0052] Next, the fixed plate 321 of the second hinge piece 32 is inserted into the long slot 24 of the second casing 2, and the two hollow shaft tubes 323 of the second hinge piece 32 are positioned at the opening of the long slot 24 of the second casing 2. At this time, the bent portions 322 at both ends of the fixed plate 321 of the second hinge piece 32 are just capable of forming a stopper in the long slot 24 of the second casing 2, thereby facilitating the false fixation of the fixed plate 321 of the second hinge piece 32. Furthermore, the further stop of the fixed plate 321 of the second hinge piece 32 by the protruding column 26 in the long slot 24 of the second casing 2 can facilitate the better false fixation of the fixed plate 321.

[0053] Next, the two screws 324 are respectively screwed into the screw holes 25 at both ends of the long slot 24 of the second casing 2 to fix the bent portions 322 of the fixed plate 321 of the second hinge piece 32. Thus, the final fixation of the second hinge piece 32 in the long slot 24 of the second casing 2 is completed.

[0054] As mentioned above, after the hinge 3 is fixed with the first casing 1 and the second casing 2, the hinge 3, the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 are integrated into one body. The stepped slot 23 of the second casing 2 is just capable of accommodating the hollow shaft tube 313 of the first hinge piece 31 and the two hollow shaft tubes 323 of the second hinge piece 32. The outer edges of the hollow shaft tube 313 of the first hinge piece 31 and the two hollow shaft tubes 323 of the second hinge piece 32 do not protrude from the outer surface of the second casing 2, thereby making the first casing 1, the second casing 2 and the hinge 3 integrated into one body more compact.

[0055] Please refer to Figures 4 and 5. When applying this invention, firstly, the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are unfolded. At this time, the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 can unfold to both sides around the hinge 3. After unfolding, the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 will each expose their receiving portions 11 and 21. Next, the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are respectively fitted onto a car gear shift lever head (not shown). Then, the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are closed. At this time, the car gear shift lever head will be completely embedded in the receiving portions 11 and 21 of the first housing 1 and the second housing 2. In other words, the car gear shift lever head will be completely covered by the first housing 1 and the second housing 2. Of course, in practice, the design of the car gear shift lever will vary depending on the shape of the car gear shift lever. The receiving portions 11 and 21 of the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 of this invention can be designed in different shapes to fit the gear shift lever. However, it is not special to design different shapes for different car gear shift levers. It is a basic capability in modern industrial design and is not the main patent claim of this invention. Therefore, it will not be described in detail later. In practice, the surface of the receiving portions 11 and 21 of the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 can be further provided with a softer material (not shown). The soft material can be made of materials such as leather, cloth, fleece, rubber, or silicone. In this way, when it is used to cover the car gear shift lever, the surface of the receiving portions 11 and 21 will not be damaged by contact or friction.

[0056] As shown in Figure 5, when the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are closed, the groove 12 of the first housing 1 will engage with the protruding rib 22 of the second housing 2, thus ensuring excellent sealing at the joint after the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are closed. At the same time, the bolt 41 of the lock cylinder 4 of the first housing 1 will extend into the lock hole 5 of the second housing 2, and the bolt 41 will press against the bearing plate 54 in the lock hole 5, thereby pressing the spring 53 covering one side of the bearing plate 54, and gradually compressing and deforming the spring 53. Then, the key (not shown) that can be used will pass through the cover plate. The groove 431 of lock cylinder 4 extends into the keyhole 42 of lock cylinder 4 for operation. When the key is turned, lock cylinder 4 and its bolt 41 will rotate together. At this time, the end of bolt 41 contacts and abuts against the bearing plate 54. In practice, the surface of bearing plate 54 that contacts bolt 41 is flat or even smooth, which facilitates the rotation of bolt 41 when driven by lock cylinder 4. Referring to Figure 6, when lock cylinder 4 drives bolt 41 to rotate to a certain extent, the notch 411 of bolt 41 will engage with the fixing rod 51 in keyhole 5, thus completing the locking action. After the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 of this invention are closed, the gear shift lever head of the car can be completely covered, preventing thieves from pressing the gear shift release button on the gear shift head. This prevents the vehicle from being operated to shift into gear, effectively preventing thieves from driving the vehicle away.

[0057] Please refer to Fig. 4, Fig. 7, when the key is inserted into the keyhole 42 of the lock cylinder 4 through the slot 431 of the cover sheet 43, the key can be rotated reversely to drive the lock cylinder 4 and the lock tongue 41 to rotate reversely. When the lock tongue 41 is rotated reversely to a certain extent, the notch 411 of the lock tongue 41 is disengaged from the clasp of the fixed rod 51 in the lock hole 5. Thus, the unlocking action of the lock cylinder 4 is completed. At the same time, the spring 53 pressed by the lock tongue 41 is released. The elastic force of the spring 53 when released will lift the lock tongue 41 together with the bearing disc 54 until the bearing disc 54 abuts against the fixed rod 51. When the lock tongue 41 is lifted, the first shell 1 will be driven to move slightly apart from the second shell 2, which facilitates the subsequent complete opening of the first shell 1 and the second shell 2. Subsequently, the entire device can be removed from the gearshift lever head of the vehicle, and the entire unlocking action is completed.

[0058] Please refer to Fig. 8, for some vehicles, a "shift lock" button (not shown) is arranged on the gearshift box of the vehicle. By operating the "shift lock" button, the vehicle can still perform the gearshift action under fault conditions. However, to prevent thieves from operating the "shift lock" button to perform the gearshift action of the vehicle, the lower ends of the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 can be designed to be relatively long, so that the lower ends of the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 can abut against the panel of the gearshift box 6 arranged on the gearshift lever of the vehicle. In this way, if forced to perform the gearshift action by external force, the gearshift action of the gearshift lever cannot be performed due to the restriction formed by the abutment of the lower ends of the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 against the panel of the gearshift box 6 of the vehicle, thereby achieving the anti-theft purpose.

[0059] The first shell 1, the second shell 2, and the hinge 3 of the present application are made of high-strength metal with anti-drilling and anti-knocking properties, so as to prevent thieves from damaging the present application by external force. After the first shell 1, the second shell 2, and the hinge 3 are combined into one body, a very tight state is formed. In particular, when the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 are closed, the slot 12 of the first shell 1 and the rib 22 of the second shell 2 are embedded together, so that the interface between the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 after being closed has excellent tightness and is not easy to be prised open by a sharp and flat hard object inserted from the joint between the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 after being closed, thereby ensuring the safety of the present application.

[0060] Furthermore, the lock core 4 is locked by the screw 44 from the inner surface of the first shell 1, so that the screw 44 is completely hidden when the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 are closed, which helps the screw 44 not to be easily damaged and ensures the safety of the lock core 4. In addition, the cover plate 43 covering the lock core 4 is made of high-strength metal and can rotate in place. If the lock core 4 is damaged by an electric drill, the drill bit will contact the cover plate 43, which will rotate with the drill bit, so that the drill bit cannot effectively drill. In addition, the strength of the cover plate 43 itself is also enough to resist the drilling of the drill bit, which can further protect the lock core 4 from being damaged by external force. Furthermore, the fixed rod 51 in the lock hole 5 of the second shell 2 is locked by the screw 52 from the inner surface of the second shell 2 in the lock hole 5, so that the screw 52 is completely hidden when the first shell 1 and the second shell 2 are closed, which helps the screw 52 not to be easily damaged, so as to ensure the locking effect of the lock tongue 41 and the fixed rod 51. In addition, if the lock hole 5 of the second shell 2 is damaged by an electric drill, the high-strength metal disc 54 in the lock hole 5 can block the damage caused by the electric drill, so as to ensure that the lock tongue 41 and the entire lock core 4 behind the disc 54 are not damaged, which ensures the anti-theft effect of the present application and prevents the thief from pressing the gear release button on the head of the automobile gear lever, so that the vehicle cannot be operated to enter the gear position, thereby preventing the thief from driving away the vehicle and achieving the function of automobile theft prevention.

Claims

1. A car gear lever lock for covering a gear lever knob of a car gear lever, characterized in that, At least comprising: A first casing made of metal, with an inner surface having a receiving portion, and a groove formed along the inner surface of the end edge of the first casing, and a long slot recessed in the body at the end edge of one side of the first casing; A second casing made of metal, with an inner surface having a receiving portion, and a protruding rib formed along the inner surface of the end edge of the second casing for fitting into the groove of the first casing, and a stepped slot at the end edge of one side of the second casing, and a long slot recessed in the body at the end edge of the second casing; A hinge made of metal, for fitting into the first casing and the second casing; A lock cylinder fixed to the inner surface of one of the first casing and the second casing; A lock hole provided on the inner surface of the other of the first casing and the second casing corresponding to the lock cylinder.

2. The automobile gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The surface of the receiving portion of the first casing has a soft layer with soft texture.

3. The automobile gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein One side of the long slot of the first casing has at least one protruding column which does not protrude out of the long slot.

4. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The long slot of the first casing has screw holes at both ends.

5. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The surface of the receiving portion of the second casing has a soft layer with soft texture.

6. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The long slot of the second casing has screw holes at both ends.

7. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein One side of the long slot of the second casing has at least one protruding column which does not protrude out of the long slot.

8. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The hinge has a first hinge plate, a second hinge plate, and a shaft, the first hinge plate has a fixed plate and a hollow shaft tube, the second hinge plate has a fixed plate and two hollow shaft tubes, and the shaft is a rod body which is fitted into and fixed in the hollow shaft tubes of the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate.

9. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 8, wherein The fixed plate of the first hinge plate has bent portions at both ends.

10. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 8, wherein The fixed plate of the second hinge plate has bent portions at both ends.

11. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The lock cylinder has a bolt which has a slot.

12. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The end of the lock cylinder with the key hole is covered by a cover plate made of metal which can rotate in place, and the cover plate has a groove.

13. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The lock hole has at least one fixed rod inside.

14. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 1, wherein The lock hole further has a spring, one end of which is arranged at the bottom of the lock hole.

15. The automotive gear lever lock according to claim 14, wherein One end of the spring is covered by a metal disc.

16. The automotive gear lever lock according to any one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that The lengths of the lower ends of the first casing and the second casing are sufficient to reach the gearshift box panel to which the gearshift lever is attached.

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