Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key slot device for in-vehicle auxiliary key
- Patent Title (中): 车载辅助钥匙槽设备
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Application No.: US12564775Application Date: 2009-09-22
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Publication No.: US08648693B2Publication Date: 2014-02-11
- Inventor: Hiroshi Tsuruta
- Applicant: Hiroshi Tsuruta
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi
- Agency: Duane Morris LLP
- Agent J. Rodman Steele, Jr.; Gregory M. Lefkowitz
- Priority: JP2008-244631 20080924
- Main IPC: B60R25/00
- IPC: B60R25/00

Abstract:
A key slot capable of accommodating an auxiliary key, which is a vehicle key other than a master key. A key lock mechanism locks or unlocks movement of the auxiliary key in the key slot, thereby allowing the auxiliary key to be taken out of the key slot in accordance with a lending condition of the auxiliary key. An invalid key return prevention unit permits the auxiliary key to be returned to the key slot in accordance with a return condition of the auxiliary key. If the return condition is met, the invalid key return prevention unit causes the key lock mechanism to lock the auxiliary key in the key slot. If the return condition is not met, the invalid key return prevention unit does not allow the auxiliary key to be returned to the key slot.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100071427A1 KEY SLOT DEVICE FOR IN-VEHICLE AUXILIARY KEY Public/Granted day:2010-03-25
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