US 11,951,938 B2
Steering wheel locking control apparatus and method
Jung Suk Ko, Yongin-si (KR); Sung Ho Jang, Yongin-si (KR); Seung Young Park, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyeon Hee Jeong, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,106.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0085519 (KR), filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009437 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 25/02 (2013.01); B60R 25/0215 (2013.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 25/0215 (2013.01) [B62D 5/046 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering wheel locking control apparatus comprising:
a power supply switch configured to receive power from a battery when an ignition switch of a vehicle is turned off;
a switch unit comprising one or more switches connected to a motor, the switch unit being configured to be turned on in response to power being received through the power supply switch, and configured to lock a steering wheel through a closed circuit formed by shorting phases of the motor; and
a protection circuit configured to control the one or more switches of the switch unit not to operate, regardless of the operation of the power supply switch, in response to a control signal according to turn-on of the ignition switch of the vehicle being received from an MCU.