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Lock system for a motor vehicle with electrical lock activators

US5808555A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
7References
6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 25, 1995
Grant dateSep 15, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 25, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T70/65
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vehicle lock system has individual door locks each having an actuator provided with a printed circuit board on which a microcontroller, motor driver of the lock actuator, 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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