Patent · US Expired

Locking device, in particular for a vehicle

US6304003A · kind A · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Mannesmann VDO AG · DE

Inventors

Klaus Rathmann · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Axel Schafer · Bad Soden, DE
Erhard Franz · Neu-Isenburg, DE
Peter Kleinmichel · Neu-Isenburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 1999
Grant date	Oct 16, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 21, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T70/5743
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to a locking device, in particular for a door, a tailgate, a trunk lid or the like of a vehicle, with at least one actuating drive which is capable of being activated in order to set functions of the locking device and which is operatively connected to an element of the locking device via at least one transmission element, according to the invention means being provided which detect the continuous movements and functional positions of the actuating drive or of the transmission element.

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