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Lock system for motor vehicles

US4461501A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 6, 1981
Grant dateJul 24, 1984
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Expiry dateMay 6, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/57
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a locking system particularly suitable for a motor vehicle for use with unidirectional electrical motors, there is interposed between motors of the system and locking elements individually driven by said motors, a driving mechanism including a driven member coupled with each of the locking elements, an eccentric drive element engaging said driven member to move the locking elements between locking and unlocking positions, and elastic means interposed between the driven member and the eccentric drive element to permit the motors to continue to rotate the eccentric drive element when movement of any one of the locking elements is obstructed.

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