(19)
(11) EP 1 493 887 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/01

(21) Application number: 04015800.8

(22) Date of filing: 05.07.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E05B 17/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 04.07.2003 JP 2003191715
24.12.2003 JP 2003426738

(71) Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Iwata-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kitamura, Yasuhiko
    Iwata-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)
  • Ishii, Yoshihide
    Iwata-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)
  • Okada, Naoki
    Iwata-shi Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Key cylinder and vehicle with a key cylinder


(57) The invention relates to a key cylinder having a key insertion hole (27a) and to a vehicle (1) with a key cylinder. The invention aims to provide a key cylinder into which a key can be inserted more easily at nighttime. The invention proposes that a luminous sheet (33) is provided which at least partially surrounds the key insertion hole (27a) and that the vehicle (1) is adapted to comprise such a key cylinder.






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