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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Dirk Jacob, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Dirk Jacob, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG, Velbert, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a locking device, in particular for a motor vehicle, having a key () and a lock cylinder (), having a cylinder core (), which is mounted in a rotatable manner in a cylinder housing () and has a key channel () into which the key () can be introduced, having spring-loaded tumbler elements (), which are mounted such that, when the key () is inserted into the key channel (), they can be displaced radially in relation to the axis () of the lock cylinder (), and having a plurality of outer surfaces (), which are provided on the key (), have control tracks () and act on the tumbler elements () when the key () is introduced. For this purpose, it is provided according to the invention that the outer surfaces () have two narrow sides () and two broad sides (), wherein each broad side () is configured with a first control track (), the first narrow side () has a second control track (), and the second narrow side (), which is located opposite the first narrow side (), is designed to be free of any control track.