Device for actuating the lock in the door or flap of a vehicle

A device for operating a lock (40) in a door (10) or hinged lid of a vehicle, with an assembly (35), which is preassembled from a support (30) and a lock cylinder (20) and can be mounted from the inside (11) of the door behind an exterior cladding (15) of the door, wherein the lock cylinder (20) includes a cylinder core (29) arranged in a cylinder housing (26), with openings (18, 38) in the exterior cladding (35) and in the support (30), which the lock cylinder (20) penetrates, with a cap (42.1;

• 42.2), which is seated on the outside (12) of the door and covers parts of the lock cylinder (20) located on the outside (12) of the door, where the cap (42.1;
• 42.2) has an axial opening (43) for a key (19) to be inserted in the lock cylinder (20) to operate the lock (40), and with a fastening device (31), which can be manipulated from the inside (11) of the door and joins the cap (42.1;
• 42.2) on the outside of the door with the support (30), where the fastening device (31) for the cap (42.1;
• 42.2) located on the outside (12) of the door, serves at the same time to mount the assembly (35) on the inside (11) of the door, wherein the fastening device is a threaded bolt (31) that consists of a shaft (32) and a head (33), where the bolt shaft (32) enters holes (24, 34, 35) that are aligned with one another in the support (30), in the lock cylinder (20) or the flange (23) of the lock cylinder (20), and in the cap (42.1;
• 42.2).