Patent ID: 9322196
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A padlock for securing a switch of an industrial plant, comprising a lock body and a hoop which is displaceably held at the lock body, wherein the lock body has a lock housing composed of plastic, a lock cylinder having a rotatable cylinder core, and a rotatable latching member, wherein the cylinder core and the latching member are rotationally fixedly coupled to one another by means of a coupling element, and wherein the latching member is rotatable from a release position into a latching position to lock the hoop at the lock body, wherein the coupling element has at least one first bearing section, one second bearing section, and a shaft section between the latching member and the lock cylinder, said shaft section being arranged between the first bearing section and the second bearing section and said shaft section connecting the first bearing section to the second bearing section and the shaft section having a smaller diameter than either of the first or the second bearing section, wherein the first bearing section is arranged at a first end of the coupling element and the second bearing section is arranged at a second end of the coupling element, wherein the first and second bearing sections of the coupling element each have cylindrical support surfaces at their periphery which remain in contact with a first and a second counter-bearing section, respectively, in said lock housing as said latch member rotates between said release position and said latching position.