Steering column and ignition lock for motor vehicles

Claim 1

A LOCK ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A STEERING COLUMN COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A HOUSING; (B) ATTACHING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID HOUSING TO THE STEERING COLUMN OF SAID VEHICLE; 7C) A LOCK BOLT FORMED WITH A RECESS AND MOVABLE ON SAID HOUSING BETWEEN A LOCKING POSITION AND A RETRACTED POSITION, SAID BOLT WHEN IN SAID LOCKING POSITION PROJECTING FROM SAID HOUSING FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID STEERING COLUMN; (D) BOLT ACTUATING MEANS ACTUATING MOVEMENT OF SAID BOLT BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS THEREOF, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING (1) YIELDABLY RESILIENT MEANS PERMANENTLY URGING SAID BOLT TOWARD THE LOCKING POSITION THEREOF, AND (2) A DRIVING MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BOLT AGAINST THE URGING OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS; (E) LOCK CYLINDER MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS BETWEEN AN OFF POSITION AND AN ON POSITION, SAID CYLINDE MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DRIVING MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER WHEN SAID CYLINDER MEANS ROTATES ABOUT SAID AXIS, SAID CYLINDER MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST A PORTION OF A KEY SLOT FOR RECEIVING AN AXIALLY INSERTED KEY; AND (F) LATCH MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH A FIRST PORTION OF THE LATCH MEANS ENGAGES SAID RECESS OF SAID LOCK BOLT WHEN THE SAME IS IN SAID RETRACTED POSITION, WHILE A SECOND PORTION OF SAID LATCH MEANS EXTENDS INTO SAID KEY SLOT FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID INSERTED KEY WHEN SAID CYLINDER MEANS IS IN SAID OFF POSITION OF THE SAME, AND AN INOPERATIVE POSITION IN WHICH SAID LATCH MEANS IS WITHDRAWN FROM SAID RECESS AND AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY WITHDRAWN FROM SAID KEY SLOT.