STEERING WHEEL LOCK

• US 20120227449A1
• Filed: 03/10/2011
• Published: 09/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chen-Kuei Hsieh
• Original Assignee: Chen-Kuei Hsieh
• Inventors: HSIEH, CHEN-KUEI
• Application Number:
  US13/044,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20120227449A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 70/224
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/0225 using a rod locked on the steering wheel rim B60R25/0221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5832 Lock and handle assembly

Abstract

The steering wheel lock contains a main member having a clamp piece for fixedly locking the rim of a steering wheel, an alarm module housed in the main member and triggered if an abnormal situation is detected, a surveillance module that, when the alarm module is triggered, conducts video recording through a built-in digital camera, and a radio communication module housed in the main member which receives video signal from the surveillance module and transmits the video signal through a mobile communication network. When the alarm module is triggered, the surveillance module is then activated to start recording the interior of the motor vehicle. The car owner then could monitor what happens inside the motor vehicle and decide whether to take further action using a mobile communication device.

Claims

1. A steering wheel lock for a motor vehicle, comprising:

a main member having a clamp piece for fixedly locking the rim of a steering wheel of said motor vehicle;

an alarm module housed in said main member and capable of detecting and being triggered by an abnormal situation, said abnormal situation including at least that said clamp piece is tampered with;

a surveillance module which, when said alarm module is triggered, conducting video recording of the interior of said motor vehicle; and

a radio communication module housed in said main member which receives a video signal from said surveillance module and transmits said video signal through a mobile communication network.

2. The steering wheel lock according to claim 1, wherein said video signal is received by a mobile communication device.

3. The steering wheel lock according to claim 2, wherein said video signal is played on a display of said mobile communication device.

4. The steering wheel lock according to claim 1, wherein surveillance module comprises at least a digital camera.