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Motor vehicle having a centralized door locking system

US8924087B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

Andreas Heberer · Mainz, DE
Jeffrey L. Konchan · Romeo, US
Frank Joseph Arabia, Jr. · Macomb Township, US
Matthias Ruehr · Nackenheim, DE
David T. Proefke · Madison Heights, US
Jeffrey James Hoorn · Northville, US
Peter Eduard Schuessler · Overath, DE
Richard J. Lange · Troy, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 15, 2012
Grant date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T70/5889
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A motor vehicle has a plurality of doors, each secured by a lock, peripheral control units, each connected to one of said locks, for sending a command signal to an actuator of the lock, a central control unit for sending command signals to the actuators of the locks, and an accident detector. If the accident detector has detected an accident, at least one of the actuators is switchable from a central operating mode in which it executes command signals of the central control unit and its associated peripheral control unit into a peripheral operating mode in which it executes only command signals from its peripheral control unit.

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