Patent ID: 8245547
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A padlock having a lock housing, a U-shaped lock hoop and a lock cylinder in order selectively to lock the lock hoop to the lock housing, wherein the lock cylinder has a cylinder axis and is secured to the lock housing by means of a securing element, wherein the securing element is displaceably supported at the lock cylinder and is resiliently supported transversely to the cylinder axis, wherein the securing element engages into a securing opening at an inner side of the lock housing to secure the lock cylinder to the lock housing, wherein the lock cylinder has a cylinder housing and a cylinder core which is rotatably supported in the cylinder housing, wherein the securing element is displaceably supported in the cylinder housing and is radially outwardly pre-tensioned with respect to the cylinder axis by means of a compression spring, wherein the compression spring is supported at a rotary abutment element which is likewise displaceably supported in the cylinder housing and is radially inwardly pre-tensioned with respect to the cylinder axis by means of the compression spring, wherein the rotary abutment element engages into a recess of the cylinder core to limit a rotational movement of the cylinder core relative to the cylinder housing.