Patent ID: 8231153

Claim:
A locking device for flaps, luggage compartment flaps, doors or lids, the locking device comprising: a housing; an actuating pivotably arranged on the housing, the actuating handle being configured as a rocker handle having a central axis of rotation and a hollow chamber surrounding the central axis of rotation; a central pivot shaft positioned within the hollow chamber of the rocker handle along the central axis of rotation such that the rocker handle is rotatable as a freewheel in a first direction around the central pivot shaft and is engageable with the central pivot shaft in a second direction around the central pivot shaft so as to actuate the central pivot shaft; an actuating lever supported on the housing, the actuating lever being operatively connected to the central pivot shaft such that when the central pivot shaft is actuated by the rocker handle, the actuating lever is moved by the central pivot shaft; a release wheel arranged pivotably on the housing and connected with the actuating lever; a first driver disk rotatably mounted within the housing, the first driver disk being connected to the release wheel so as to be rotatable by the release wheel; a second driver disk rotatably mounted within the housing and coupled to the first driver disk to be carried along by rotation of the first driver disk; and at least one unlocking rod positioned on one of the first driver disk and the second driver disk, the unlocking rod being movable by rotation of the one of the first driver disk and the second driver disk to selectively lock or unlock the locking device.