Patent ID: 7854153

Claim:
A locking cylinder for a vehicle, with a cylinder core ( 20 ), which has an axial key slot ( 22 ) for inserting an associated key and radially moving, spring-loaded tumblers that interact with the key, with a two-part housing ( 10 ) that comprises an upper part ( 12 ) and a lower part ( 11 ) and serves to rotatably support the cylinder core ( 20 ), the upper part ( 12 ) has a projecting tab ( 16 ) with a first hole ( 17 ), and the lower part ( 11 ) has a part ( 36 ) that mates with the tab ( 16 ) and that has a second hole ( 37 ), the upper part ( 12 ), the cylinder core ( 20 ) and the lower part ( 11 ) constitute a preassembled unit ( 15 ), in which the tab ( 16 ) rests directly against its mating part ( 36 ) ( 16 ), and the two holes ( 17 , 37 ) are aligned, with a single bolt fastening means ( 30 ), which is passable, on the one hand, through a hole ( 35 ) in a body ( 33 ) of the vehicle and, on the other hand, passes through the two holes ( 17 , 37 ) of the unit ( 15 ), only the single bolt fastening means ( 30 ) not only bolts together all of the upper part ( 12 ), the cylinder core ( 20 ) and the lower part ( 11 ) of the unit ( 15 ) but also is capable of bolting the unit ( 15 ) to the body ( 33 ).