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Device for starting the engine of a motor vehicle

US7541689B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Gert Volker Hildebrand · Munich, DE
Ulrike Schafmeister · Munich, DE
Marc Girard · Paris, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2006
Grant date	Jun 2, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2325/101
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and method are provided for starting the engine of a motor vehicle equipped with an authentification device, which includes an access entitlement unit that the user can carry and a vehicle-side access entitlement test device having a receptacle for the access entitlement unit, and with a tripping unit, which includes a tripping element that when activated can initiate an engine start. The tripping element and the receptacle are connected mechanically together such that the tripping element is actuatable by an essentially translatory movement of the access entitlement unit inserted into the receptacle.

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