IP Library Granted Patent US 9,403,493
Granted Patent B2
US 9,403,493 · App. 13/638,899 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

Motor vehicle door latch mechanism

Inventors: Michael Herrmann (Neukirchen-Vluyn, DE); Armin Handke (Duisburg, DE); Thorsten Bendel (Oberhausen, DE); Matthias Ochtrop (Dorsten, DE)
Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
B60R16/005E05B81/66E05B85/26E05B2047/0071
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Patent No.
US 9,403,493
App. No.
13/638,899
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle door latch mechanism, comprising a circuit arrangement with at least one sensor ( 9, 10, 11, 12 ) and with at least one connected control unit ( 6, 7 ), wherein the sensor ( 9, 10, 11, 12 ) has two or more switch states, and wherein two different control units ( 6, 7 ) are connected to the sensor ( 9, 10, 11, 12 ).

Claims (9)

1. A motor vehicle door latch mechanism, comprising:

a circuit arrangement with at least one sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) and with two different, connected control units ( 6 , 7 ), wherein the sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) has two or more switch states, and wherein the two different control units ( 6 , 7 ) are connected to the sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ), wherein the sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) contains a switch ( 9 ), and one control unit ( 7 ) is connected to two parallel, central current paths ( 10 , 11 ) of a cable network ( 10 , 11 , 12 ), with one current path ( 11 ) containing the switch ( 9 ), and an other control unit ( 6 ) is connected to the switch ( 9 ) via a third, additional current path ( 12 ) of the cable network ( 10 , 11 , 12 ), wherein all current paths ( 10 , 11 , 12 )of the cable network ( 10 , 11 , 12 )contain different electrical resistors (R 1 , R 2 ), corresponding to the respective varying current in the individual current path ( 10 , 11 , 12 ), with the supply voltage being mainly constant, and wherein the two, central current paths ( 10 , 11 ) belonging to the control unit ( 7 ) and the third, additional current path ( 12 ) belonging to the other control unit ( 6 ) are separated from each other by an electronic separator element (D).

2. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the one control unit ( 7 ) is a central control unit ( 7 ) and the other control unit ( 6 ) is a secondary partial control unit ( 6 ).

3. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the central control unit ( 7 ) is designed as a vehicle electronics unit ( 7 ) and the partial control unit ( 6 ) as a subassembly electronics unit ( 6 ), consisting of a power closing electronics unit ( 6 ).

4. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) has a diagnostic function.

5. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the resistors (R 1 , R 2 ) in the current paths ( 10 , 11 , 12 ) are designed to constantly increase from one current path to the next, starting with the additional current path ( 12 ) and ending with the central current path ( 10 ) without a looped-in switch ( 9 ).

6. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the separator element (D) is a rectifier diode (D).

7. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) is designed as part of an electronic component carrier ( 14 ).

8. The motor vehicle door latch mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor ( 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ) is wholly or partly integrated in the partial control unit ( 6 ) and/or the central control unit ( 7 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2012
From: HERRMANN, MICHAEL; HANDKE, ARMIN; BENDEL, THORSTEN; OCHTROP, MATTHIAS
To: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 029471/0688 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2010 004 424 U · Mar 31, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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