Abstract: A lock system is provided with a function controlling mechanism for control of the lock states unlocked, locked and optionally theft secure and child safety. The lock system is characterized by very short times for controlling the desired locking states and good suitability to various requirements with regard to construction space and functionality. The lock system comprises locking pieces, for example a turning latch or lock handle, in a lock for the mechanical locking of the door, at least one operating device in the form of an external door opener and/or an internal door opener, an optional locking cylinder, and elements for transmitting the operating force from the operating device to the locking pieces. The pieces of the function controlling mechanism (FSM), involved in controlling the locking state are not involved in the force path between the operating device and the locking pieces of the lock.

Abstract: A lock mechanism has a manually actuable element, a lock lever and an actuator, with the manually actuable element connected to the lock lever via a transmission path. The transmission path includes a rigid link with an end defining an abutment for selectively driving the lock lever. A drive feature couples the abutment to the lock lever when the lock lever is rotated between locked and unlocked positions by operation of the manually actuable element. The drive feature decouples the abutment from the lock lever when the manually actuable element is actuated in an attempt to move the lock lever from a superlocked position, allowing the abutment to move relative to the lock lever.

Abstract: A vehicle door lock apparatus receives a signal from a portable transmitter and at least locks a door based on the received signal. When a door lock request is received from the transmitter and the door on the driver's seat side is closed, signals detected by door courtesy switches are monitored. When all doors of the vehicle are closed, a door lock actuator is controlled for locking all doors by a lock unit.

Abstract: An actuator including a rotatable gear wheel reversibly drivable by a motor, the gear wheel being operably connectable to an output element by a drive transfer device, the output element being moveable between a first and second position, in which the drive transfer device is operably disconnectable from the output lever to allow independent movement of the output lever.

Abstract: The invention relates to a closing device for a vehicle comprising a lock, a drive for determining the locking state of the locking device, by means of which the locking device may be placed in at least four different locking states and a rotating shaped disc on the drive, which may be rotated by the drive to determine the individual locking states, whereby the individual locking states are each assigned a particular angular position for the shaped disc. According to the invention, the shaped disc (1) is of such a form that said disc may be taken from each angular position, corresponding to one of the various states (V, K, S) and different to the unlocked state (E), without a third locking state occurring on performing the above.

Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one door releasably securable in a closed position by a power operable latch. The latch is operable by a remotely operable unlatching mechanism to release the door. There is no unlatching mechanism provided on an unsecured part of the vehicle when the vehicle has been secured.

Abstract: A central locking drive (10) serves for the actuation of various locking functions of a door lock, especially in motor vehicles' and has two drive members (18, 20, 22, 24), which are each adjustable between an inoperative position and an activated position. In order to be able to actuate additional locking functions' such as child safety for example, automatically, an additional drive member or expensive detection of intermediate positions of the two drive members has hitherto been necessary. In order to avoid this expense there is provided an operating element (26), which is moveable between a neutral position and at least one operating position, the attainment of a particular operating position of the operating element (26) being dependent upon the order in which the two drive members (18, 22) are activated. The operating element is displaced, for example, by interacting cam elements on the operating element (26) and the drive members.

Abstract: A so-called super-lock condition of a door lock is achieved with a simple and compact construction. The door lock includes first and second lock/unlock mechanisms which establish the super-lock condition when assuming lock conditions respectively. The first and second lock/unlock mechanisms are actuated by an electric actuator mounted to the door lock. In a housing of the electric actuator, there are installed first and second electric motors and first and second operation levers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle door lock indicator device which is arranged to be moved between at least a first position and a second position. Said vehicle door lock indicator device includes an actuator, substantially made of shape memory alloy (SMA). The actuator is arranged for effecting the movement of the vehicle door lock indicator device between at least a first position and a second position. The invention also relates to a vehicle and a vehicle door system having a vehicle door lock indicator device as described above.

Abstract: A central locking system for a building having at least one window or door, the system comprising a central control unit in communication with a storage means for retaining pressurised fluid, the storage means being in fluid communication with at least one locking mechanism operable in response to a signal from the central control unit to the storage means to move between an inoperative position in which the opening and closing of the associated door or window is unimpeded and an operative position in which the opening and closing of the door or window is impeded.

Abstract: The invention provides a door unlocking system with the switch transmitting the signal to the central processing unit (10) according to the rotary direction of the key inserted into the key box to unlock the front and rear doors, wherein the switch is installed at the door latch (30) unlocking the driver door and the switch transmits the signal to the central processing unit according to the signal input in the key rod clip (31) to unlock the other doors, in the inserted status, the key turns to one direction to operate the switch, thereby installing the switch in the driver door regardless of the door chassis and the key rotor.

Abstract: An automatic lock for a vehicle door includes a latch bolt and a retractable pawl that maintains the latch bolt in the closed position. The lock also includes a latch bolt release member having a controller which may be actuated in response to operation of a door handle and when the lock is unlocked can retract the pawl. An electronic recognition member produces an unlocking signal in response to a predetermined identification signal. A first electric actuator is responsive to the unlocking signal to unlock the lock. A second electric actuator is responsive to the unlocking signal for releasing the latch bolt.

Abstract: An electric motor actuator for a motor vehicle lock, with a reversible drive motor, an actuator drive which can be rotary driven by the drive motor. The actuator further includes an operating lever which is dynamically coupled to the actuator drive for switching the lock into an “unlocked” and “locked” operating state, an antitheft lever which is spring-loaded with a pretensioning spring and which is dynamically coupled to the actuator drive for holding the operating lever in the “locked” operating state. An emergency actuating element is used for manually engaging an antitheft lever into an “antitheft off” operating state to overcome a catch element on the actuator drive.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle door lock including an outside opening lever able to open the lock under the action of outside opening means such as a handle or outside door finger-plate, a locking lever able to move a disengageable interconnecting link between an engaged position in which the outside opening lever can cooperate, during its opening travel, with said interconnecting link to open the lock, and a disengaged position in which the opening travel of the outside opening lever does not interfere with said interconnecting link, which prevents opening of the lock, characterized in that it includes at least one blocking part able to block the movement of said interconnecting link when this link is in its disengaged position, and anti-panic means positioned between said locking lever and said interconnecting link to enable, on the one hand, movement of said interconnecting link by said locking lever, when said blocking part is at rest, and on the other hand, movement of said locking lever to it

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for selectively dispensing inventoried items, such as pharmaceutical and therapeutic agents in a hospital.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock system including a vehicle lock adapted to be locked and unlocked, a lock element adapted to be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position for locking and unlocking respectively the vehicle lock, a central interlock drive having a slow running drive element for moving the lock element, a remote control module, control electronics with a passive entry function to at least passively unlock the vehicle lock, and a high-speed electromagnetic drive for rapidly moving the lock element from the locked position to the unlocked position to thereby unlock the vehicle lock quicker than by operating the drive element. The passive unlocking of the vehicle lock occurs over time requiring a reaction phase with a starting interval, an authorization check interval, and an action interval, the starting interval being initiated by an operator.

Abstract: A locking device, in particular for a vehicle, having a rotary catch (1), which encloses a locking bolt (2) and can be arrested or released by a pawl (7), the pawl (7), via a lever which is connected to a grip via connecting elements, being actuable by the grip, which locking device is distinguished by the fact that the at least one lever is mounted about a fixed pivot (8), at least one grip acting on the lever, which is formed as an actuating lever (17).

Abstract: An outside door handle arrangement and a process for controlling a motor vehicle door lock system are proposed. For simple, economically feasible detection of the actuation of an outside door handle, it is provided that the outside door handle is elastically deformable and deformation is detected by a sensor to acquire actuation.

Abstract: A mechanism by which a single switch can either unlock one or more doors or release the trunk or hatch of an automotive vehicle. The switch can be mechanically or electrically associated with a door unlock button mounted on the door the automotive vehicle. Depressing the unlock button causes the switch to become active, and the door can be unlocked if switch is active for a time T1. The trunk can be opened if the switch is held in the active position for a predetermined period of time T2, provided the car is in park and the door associated with the switch is open.

Abstract: A device for indicating a multi-position state and having one or more sensors, one or more bi-stable, magnetic switches, and a control unit. The switches are provided with an electromagnet arranged in connection with each individual switch thereby enabling the switches to be switched between two or more indicating positions by sending an electric pulse through the electromagnet. The sensors are connected to the control unit, which is in turn connected to the switches. The sensors are arranged to sense which of the two or more positions is the current state of a measured object, and transmit a signal corresponding to the position of the measured object to the control unit. The control unit is arranged to transmit a signal to the electromagnet of the corresponding switch in order to update the indicated state of the switch.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock for the door of a motor vehicle which can be locked from the outside, preferably with a key and locking cylinder. The lock mechanism includes a force application element which is preferably a cylindrical nut that can be turned around an axis of rotation, and includes a measurement system for detecting the position of the nut. The measurement system can have at least one stationary sensor and at least one measurement element which is dynamically coupled to the nut of the lock and is located in the measurement range of the sensor in order to detect the position of the nut. The measurement element is located directly on the outside cylindrical surface of the nut while at the same time is made as a component which is separate from the nut of the lock.

Abstract: A release system adapted for use in opening a deck lid of a vehicle includes a gas operable assist device and at least one of a manual input device and an occupant detector. The release system is positionable within a compartment at least partially closed by the deck lid. The compartment has a release mechanism for opening the deck lid and the release system is adapted for operation from the interior of the compartment. The gas operable assist device is connectable to the release mechanism and is operable to actuate the release mechanism to open the deck lid in response to a user input to the manual input device or a detection of an occupant within the compartment by the occupant detector. The gas operable assist device includes at least one of a compressed gas container and a pyrotechnic element.

Abstract: The invention provides a door unlocking system with the switch transmitting the signal to the central processing unit (10) according to the rotary direction of the key inserted into the key box to unlock the front and rear doors, wherein the switch is installed at the door latch (30) unlocking the driver door and the switch transmits the signal to the central processing unit according to the signal input in the key rod clip (31) to unlock the other doors, in the inserted status, the key turns to one direction to operate the switch, thereby installing the switch in the driver door regardless of the door chassis and the key rotor.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle has a fixed part, a movable part and a sensor. The sensor is a magnet and a magnet-actuated switch. Movement of the movable part relative to the fixed part causes the magnet to activate the switch. A flux blocker is arranged between the magnet and the switch to prevent magnetic flux from the magnet actuating the switch. The flux blocker is arranged to expose the switch to magnetic flux when the movable part moves relative to the fixed part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotating catch lock, wherein a closing member (10) interacts with a catch (20), which can be rotated between a closing position accommodating the closing member (10) and an open position which releases said member. The catch (20) is force-loaded (22) in an open position and is held by a spring-loaded (33) rotating latch (30) in the close position. Said latch (30) is moved by a motor (50) between the locking position retaining the catch (20) and a stand-by release position in which the spring-loaded latch (30) is propped up by the catch (20) as long as it remains in an open position. In order to use small compact motors (50), the invention provides that the stored energy (61) exerted by an energy storage mechanism (60) is transmitted to the latch (30) via a storage lever (40). Normally, the latch (30) is shifted into its stand-by position by the storage lever (40).

Abstract: A remote control type vehicular trunk is provided which includes a plurality of trunks each having a lid whereby the lids are locked and unlocked by a remote controller. The trunks have a pop-up device, which opens at least one of the lids in response to a predetermined remote control. The controller includes a first actuator for locking or unlocking each of the lids, and a second actuator for unlocking the at least one of the trunks provided with the pop-up device and actuating the pop-up device.

Abstract: A closing device has a key-operable closing cylinder which is simultaneously a component of a pusher and serves as a hand-operated thrusting device for operating locking elements. A central locking system can be used to actuate a lever with a drive. Malfunctions result when the central locking lever, moved to a secured position by the drive of the central locking system, blocks the components in the closing cylinder such that the key cannot be inserted into the closing cylinder when a pushing arm which is rotated by the closing cylinder is in an inactive position and blocked. This is avoided by using coupling elements which are provided between the supporting points of the lever allocated to the central locking system and also between the supporting points of the pushing arm. In accordance with the rotated position of the key in the closing cylinder, the coupling elements change between coupling and uncoupling positions. The lever is uncoupled when the pushing arm is in the inactive position.

Abstract: An actuator including a rotatable gear wheel reversibly drivable by a motor, the gear wheel being operably connectable to an output element by a drive transfer device, the output element being moveable between a first and second position, in which the drive transfer device is operably disconnectable from the output lever to allow independent movement of the output lever.

Abstract: A lock is disclosed for a door of a motor vehicle, which includes a locking lever for locking from the outside, and a locking lever for locking from an inside of the door, the locking lever for locking from the inside and the locking lever for locking from the outside being superposed, mounted on an articulation pin and collaborating via branches with first and second electric motors, wherein the branch associated with the first motor, belonging to one of the locking levers is shorter than the branch associated with the second motor, belonging to the other locking lever, so that a position of the first motor is offset from a position of the second motor.

Abstract: Apparatus for controlling the opening of a door that is held in its closed position in a partition by door-blocking. The apparatus comprises a section bar support of length at least substantially equal to the height of the door, and fixed to the door or to the partition in a position such that it has a first end located at one of the top and bottom ends of the door or of the partition. The support is fitted with power supply and with data transmission comprising at least two conductors which extend substantially to said first end so as to be connected to conductors situated in the vicinity of the end of the door or the partition at which said first end is located.

Abstract: The locking device (10) for doors, in particular of vehicles, has an inside door opener and an outside door handle (12) which can be used to actuate at least one lock for locking the door. Locking devices of this type are conventionally very complicated mechanically, since the mechanical connection between the outside door handle (12) and the lock is meant to be uncoupled as a function of various functional positions. In order to reduce the mechanical complexity, only the inside door opener should act mechanically on the lock, and the outside door handle (12) should act via an electric control on an actuating drive (18), which actuates the lock. In this case, the opening command is instigated only if at least one defined allowable precondition is present. The required additional functions of locking devices can very easily be controlled by the electric control, so that additional mechanical elements are not required.

Abstract: A door latch for a motor-vehicle central-latch system has a housing, a locking element displaceable on the housing between a door-bolt-holding position and a door-bolt-releasing position, and a pawl displaceable on the housing between a retaining position holding the locking element in its bolt-holding position and a freeing position allowing the locking element to assume its bolt-releasing position. A release lever pivotal on the housing into an actuated position can put the paws into the freeing position. A outside operating lever is pivotal on the housing between actuated and unactuated positions and a main locking lever is pivotal on the housing by an electric motor between locked and unlocked positions.

Abstract: The locking device (10) for doors, in particular of vehicles, has an inside door opener and an outside door handle (12) which can be used to actuate at least one lock for locking the door. Locking devices of this type are conventionally very complicated mechanically, since the mechanical connection between the outside door handle (12) and the lock is meant to be uncoupled as a function of various functional positions. In order to reduce the mechanical complexity, it is proposed that only the inside door opener should act mechanically on the lock, and the outside door handle (12) should act via an electric control on an actuating drive (18), which actuates the lock. In this case, the opening command is instigated only if at least one defined allowable precondition is present. The required additional functions of locking devices can very easily be controlled by the electric control, so that additional mechanical elements are not required.

Abstract: A passenger vehicle door latch assembly (10) includes a cam e.g. (90a) rotating in common with a latching claw (30) which is retained by a pawl (34) at first safety and fully closed positions of an associated door, the shaping of the cam controlling operation of locking mechanism of the assembly. Lobes, e.g. (92a,92b) on the cam co-act to shift a release lever (64) of the mechanism back to an active position at which it will free the pawl by operation of a door handle for opening of the door even if it has previously been set to a disabled condition at which the door would otherwise be locked so as to prevent inadvertent slam locking of the door Different cams (90a, 90b, 90c or 90d) may be substituted in an otherwise common assembly to provide a selection of logic sequences of self-cancelling or prevention of locking operations.

Abstract: A lock for a large-sized lid in a shape of flat plate includes a one piece lock mechanism. In an article storing compartment for a scooter type vehicle, an article storing chamber is provided at an inner cover. An opening of the article storing chamber is covered with an openable/closable lid. The lid is fastened to the inner cover by means of a swingable first claw. The first claw is locked by a lock mechanism and the first claw is capable of being unlatched by a manually operable swing knob attached to the first claw. The lock mechanism is provided in a position remote from the first claw. The lid may be fastened to the inner cover by a second claw extending from a key cylinder of the lock mechanism.

Abstract: A door assemble for vehicles includes a space defined between a door inner panel and a door trimming, in which a door locking device for holding a vehicle door on a vehicle body is accommodated so as to be secured on the door inner panel.

Abstract: Motor vehicle door lock having a means of locking/unlocking the lock from the outside and an electric actuator (50) for controlling the means of locking/unlocking from the outside. In particular, the means of locking/unlocking from the outside is a central locking/unlocking wheel (20) with which all the means (22, 38, 40) of controlling the locking/unlocking of the lock from the outside cooperate. Also, the wheel can be rotated by the electric actuator (50).

Abstract: A door lock system has a closing mechanism for bringing an ajar condition of a door into a fully closed condition. The fully closed condition of the door is locked for the sake of safety by the locking operation of a locking-and-unlocking mechanism. The locked condition of the door is released by an unlocking operation of the locking-and-unlocking mechanism. Moreover, by actuating a double lock mechanism, the door under the locked condition is further brought into a double-looked condition under which the unlocking operation of the locking-and-unlocking mechanism cannot be established. The closing mechanism, the locking and-unlocking mechanism, and the double lock mechanism are driven by a common electric motor thus allowing the door lock mechanism to be reduced in size and manufactured less expensively.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a connecting member for connecting a lock pin with a lock lever. The connecting member has a lever side member connected to a lock lever, a pin side member connected to a lock pin, and a connecting spring for elastically connecting the lever side member with the pin side member. The connecting member changes length thereof against the elasticity of the spring to allow the lock lever to be displaced to an unlocked position from a locked position, when the lock pin cannot be displaced from a disengagement position to an engagement position by a displacement of the lock lever from a locked position toward an unlocked position while the open lever is in a door-opening position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle tailgate of the type in which the tailgate carries a series of accessories, characterized in that a least some of the accessories are pre-mounted on a mounting plate which is attached to the tailgate on the inside of an external cladding panel of the tailgate and which carries a local managing circuit for connecting the accessories to electric circuits of the vehicle for supplying power to, controlling and monitoring the accessories.

Abstract: A lock, particularly for the door of a motor vehicle, having lock elements including at least one lock element which can be connected by connecting elements to at least one manipulator. A coupling device is arranged in a force transmission path between the manipulator and the at least one lock element.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a locking lever displaceable between locked and unlocked positions, an antitheft member displaceable between an antitheft position for disabling an unlocking operation of an inside locking button and an antitheft cancelling position, a motor for changing the locking lever into the locked position by a predetermined amount of normal rotation thereof and for changing the antitheft member into the antitheft position by a continuous normal rotation thereof beyond the predetermined amount, a controller for carrying out a locking operation and an antitheft operation, and a power supplying circuit having a normal rotation circuit for supplying power to the motor for normal rotation and a brake circuit for causing the motor to generate electrical brake. The motor is connected to the brake circuit after the locking lever is changed into the locked position by the locking operation.

Abstract: The invention concerns a closure with a closure cylinder whose cylinder core (33) can be moved by a key into different operating positions. The object of the invention is for at least one microswitch (50) to be actuated by switching cams (42) only once, even if the switching cam (42) continues to be moved when the microswitch (50) has been actuated. During the return movement, this microswitch (50) should not be triggered by the switching cam (42) again, and so faulty switching is avoided. To that end, a control member (40) cooperates via a separable coupling (35, 45) with a control member (40) on which the switching cam (42) is located. The control member (40) is acted upon by a restoring spring (46) which endeavors to move the control member into an initial position and simultaneously subject it to a force (43) in the coupling sense by the cylinder core (33).

Abstract: A power actuator for a vehicle door locking mechanism includes a power operable actuator lever, a manual locking lever operated by a sill button or the like, and a transmission connector selectively coupling the power operable and manual levers so that they are reciprocated by a drive from the manual lever between locked and unlocked conditions. A superlocking motor is operable to rotate the transmission connector angularly about a longitudinal axis and disengage the connector from at least one of the levers to disable the manual lever and effect superlocking for maximum security.

Abstract: A door lock system for a vehicle of which a striker, a first switch and a manual switching mechanism are mounted to the vehicle door and a first latch, a first motor, a second latch, a second motor, a second switch and a key cylinder are mounted to the vehicle body. When the key cylinder mounted to the vehicle body is switched to an unlock side, the second switch rotates the second motor, but the second latch remains engaged with the first latch. When after that the first switch is turned on by the manual switching mechanism on the door side, the first motor rotates and the first latch releases the striker.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a locking lever displaceable between locked and unlocked positions, an antitheft member displaceable between an antitheft position for disabling an unlocking operation of an inside locking button and an antitheft cancelling position, a motor for changing the locking lever into the locked position by a predetermined amount of normal rotation thereof and for changing the antitheft member into the antitheft position by a continuous normal rotation thereof beyond the predetermined amount, a controller for carrying out a locking operation and an antitheft operation, and a power supplying circuit having a normal rotation circuit for supplying power to the motor for normal rotation and a brake circuit for causing the motor to generate electrical brake. The motor is connected to the brake circuit after the locking lever is changed into the locked position by the locking operation.

Abstract: A latch system for a trunk lid of an automobile comprises a latch, a ratchet, a key lever for releasing the ratchet from the latch, a key cylinder connected to the key lever and having a locked position, a neutral position, an open position and an unlocked position, a trunk opener or a motorized actuator, an open lever operated by the trunk opener or motorized actuator, a locking mechanism displaced between unlocked and locked states. The ratchet lever is released from the latch when the key cylinder is shifted to the open position. The locking mechanism is displaced into the locked state when the key cylinder is shifted to the locked position, and the locked state is continuously kept until the key cylinder is shifted to the unlocked position. The open position of the key cylinder is set between the neutral position and the unlocked position. The neutral position of the key cylinder is set between the open position and the locked position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and an apparatus for controlling a plurality of mutually communicating actuators, each of the actuators having at least one signal sensor for determining the state of the actuator, with at least one control apparatus generating, in accordance with the state of at least one of the actuators, control signals used for driving controllers of the actuators. In order to avoid overheating of the individual actuators or the control apparatus in case of a large number of actuations by a user, it is provided to determine the temperature of the actuators and the control apparatus cooperating with the actuators and, in case a predetermined temperature threshold value is exceeded in an actuator or the control apparatus, to generate a control signal for non-driving the controllers of the actuators until the excessive temperature detected drops below the temperature threshold value by a defined temperature value.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle electric door latch mechanism includes a striker, a catch, a pawl, a key actuatable lock cylinder lever, an electrically driven output gear, and a manually actuatable release lever. The catch has a striker receiving surface and a pawl engaging surface. The pawl has a pin projecting therefrom, a catch engaging surface, and a cam contacting surface, the pawl being pivotally movable from a biased, catch engaging position to a catch disengaging position. The key actuatable lock cylinder lever has a pin striking surface and is pivotally movable between a biased, neutral position and a pin striking, pawl pivoting, catch disengaging position. The electrically driven output gear has at least one cam that is electrically movable between a neutral position and a pawl contacting, pawl pivoting, catch disengaging position.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle door latch has a latching element movable between a latched position retaining a door bolt and an unlatched position releasing the door bolt, and a locking pawl engageable with the element and displaceable between a locked position retaining the latching element and an unlocked position freeing the element. A planetary-gear drive has a reversible electric motor, a sun gear rotatable by the motor, a planet carrier, at least one planet gear meshing with the sun gear and carried on the carrier, and a ring gear meshing with the planet gear. A locking lever is displaceable by a locking element and by the planet carrier between a locked position and an unlocked position and a coupling element is displaceable between a coupling position engaged between the locking pawl and locking lever for coupling the locking pawl and lever together.