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Circuit and method for preventing inadvertent opening of a vehicle door

US9080355B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brose Schliessysteme GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Simon Brose · Hattingen, DE
Klaus Dünne · Ratingen, DE
Rainer Wirths · Wuppertal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 2010
Grant date	Jul 14, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/57
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Described herein is a circuit arrangement for a motor vehicle door having a detent mechanism which keeps the motor vehicle door in the closed position and opens it and at least one operating element, for example, an outer door handle and/or inner door handle, wherein an electric drive, for example, an electric motor, drives the detent mechanism, and the motor can be connected by means of a control module. In one embodiment, at least one electrical switching element is arranged in the circuit of the motor. In another embodiment, when the operating element is operated, the electrical circuit of the motor can be completed by means of the electrical switching element. Also described is a method for actuating a detent mechanism in a motor vehicle door and a controller for a detent mechanism which keeps a motor vehicle door in the closed position or opens it.

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