Locking device for motor vehicles with sleeve-actuated switch

A vehicle locking device having a mechanical rotary connection between a cylinder core of a lock cylinder and a lock lever system of an associated lock to effect a mechanical rotary actuation function, comprising:

• a driver coupling having two sleeve bodies which are mounted coaxially to one another and are positively coupled to one another through interposition of a rotary lost motion connection,
• the cylinder core providing rotary movement of one of the sleeve bodies via a rotary connection for controlling an additional function superposed on the rotary actuation function of the cylinder core;
• the other sleeve body being rotatable by the cylinder core through the one sleeve body and the lost motion connection, and being dynamically coupled to a securing element of the lever system for actuating the associated lock;
• the two sleeve bodies of the driver coupling being rigidly mounted on a support component, independently of the lock cylinder;
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• the rotary connection of the cylinder core is connected only to the one sleeve body,
• wherein circumferentially spaced trip cams project radially from the one sleeve body and define a curved track for controlling a microswitch with a switching contact scanning the rotary movement of the one sleeve body along the track, with the circumferential spacing between the cams being sufficient to permit the securing element of the lever system to take up multiple stable end positions at which the cams prevent further movement of the one sleeve body.