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Circuit for selectively actuating DC motors in a motor vehicle

US11005395B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Lukas Preusser · Cologne, DE
Holger Mueller · Möhrendorf, DE
Ahmet Cinar · Cologne, DE
Denney Vellaramkalayil · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 29, 2019
Grant date	May 11, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05Y2900/531
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a circuit for selectively actuating drive elements (1, 2), which are operated on direct current, in a motor vehicle by means of half-bridges (4, 5). According to the invention, the circuit is designed for selectively actuating eight drive elements (1, 2) for locking and, respectively, unlocking four doors of the motor vehicle from the outside and/or from the inside. The circuit contains nine half-bridges (4, 5), wherein the outputs of eight of the nine half-bridges (4) are each connected to a first pole of one of the eight drive elements (1, 2) and the output of the ninth half-bridge (5) is connected to all second poles of the eight drive elements (1, 2).

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