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Lock system for a motor vehicle with multiplexing

US5623170A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1995
Grant dateApr 22, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 25, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/65
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vehicle lock system has individual door locks each provided with a printed circuit board on which a microcontroller, motor driver for the lock servomotor, and a multiplexing element are encapsulated, the printed circuit board being mounted in the housing of the respective lock and being connected by the multiplexing element to a single-line data bus for binary communication with the individual lock from the central station.

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