202results about "Electrical locking circuits" patented technology

An outside handle device for a vehicle door comprises a handle main body provided at the outside of the vehicle door, a handle frame fixed to the vehicle door, a first connector provided at a vehicle body side and electrically connected with an electric signal cable at the vehicle body side, and a second connector provided at the handle main body and electrically connected with the electric component accommodated in the handle main body. The first connector and the second connector are placed with a predetermined distance when the handle main body is assembled in the handle.

A power actuator for actuating separate mechanically driven members includes a motor and a drive gear configured to be selectively driven in opposite directions. A common gear is configured in operable communication with the drive gear to be selectively driven from a home position in opposite directions in response to movement of the drive gear. A first drive member is attached to the common gear with a first cable extending between the first drive member and one of the mechanically driven members. A second drive member is attached to the common gear with a second cable extending between the second drive member and the other of the mechanically driven members. Movement of the common gear from the home position in one direction moves of one mechanically driven member and movement of the common gear from the home position in an opposite direction moves the other mechanically driven member.

This invention relates to a door lock, particularly a vehicle door lock, having a locking mechanism (1, 2) mainly comprising a rotating locking fork (1) and a locking pawl (2). The door lock also has an electrically operated opening drive (4) for the locking mechanism (1, 2) and at least one emergency power source (6) for supplying power to the opening drive (4) in the event of an emergency opening of the locking mechanism (1, 2). The emergency power source (6) is charged by means of a main power source (8) according to an instruction from a control unit (7). According to the invention, the emergency power source (6) is charged once the control unit (7) receives an unlocking signal for the locking mechanism (1, 2).

The invention relates to a door handle (10) for a door (12) of a motor vehicle, with an angled base support (14) comprising a first lever part (14a) and a second lever part (14b) rigidly connected thereto at an angle, wherein the base support (14) is pivotable about a bearing axis (A) between a return position (P1), in which the base support (14) is arranged on a first side (13a) of a door panel (13) of the door (12), and a usage position (P2), in which the second lever part (14b) of the base support (14) is at least partially guided through a passage opening (16) in the door panel (13) to a second side (13b) of the door panel (13), wherein a grip element (18) of the door handle (10) is arranged on the second lever part (14b), which is accessible to a user in the usage position (P2). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method.

This utility model discloses a car door lock structure and a car, including: an outer door panel with a lock hole; a door lock disposed inside the outer door panel; a lock cylinder assembly including a lock cylinder mounting base and a lock cylinder, the lock cylinder mounting base being disposed on the inner side of the outer door panel, the lock cylinder corresponding to the lock hole being disposed on the lock cylinder mounting base, the lock cylinder including a lock cylinder shell and a core body, the core body having a keyhole, the lock cylinder shell being pressably disposed on the lock cylinder mounting base, the lock cylinder mounting base having an unlocking switch that directly or indirectly cooperates with the lock cylinder shell, the unlocking switch being connected to the door lock for electronic unlocking; and a lock rod, one end of the lock rod being connected to the core body, the other end of the lock rod being connected to the door lock, the lock rod being able to rotate with the core body for mechanical unlocking. This utility model can be used for car door locks without door handles, and it is equipped with a double door opening switch, which can be used for both electronic unlocking and mechanical lock cylinder emergency unlocking. This utility model solves the problem that car door locks without door handles cannot be unlocked after a power failure, effectively improving system stability.

A system in a vehicle includes a panel configured cover a portion of the vehicle through which a port extends and one or more electro permanent magnets arranged on the portion of the vehicle. The system also includes a controller to magnetize the one or more electro permanent magnets based on applying a current of a first polarity to the one or more electro permanent magnets such that the one or more electro permanent magnets on the portion of the vehicle couple to the panel, the panel being metal, or to one or more permanent magnets on a surface of the panel to lock the panel when the panel is in the closed position.

An electronic lock transmission structure, an electronic lock and a motor vehicle, including: a drive device with an output shaft; a transmission mechanism including an input end and an output end, and the input end is a transmission assembly connected to the output shaft, and the output end is a cam device; a lock rod, and one end of which is a free end, and the other end of which is connected to the cam device; and rotation of the output shaft is converted into a reciprocating movement of the lock rod through the transmission mechanism. The disclosed electronic lock transmission structure adopts a first worm and a second worm for transmission, which may provide a larger speed reduction ratio, thereby outputting a larger ejection force.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle housing, in particular a lock housing (1; 2; 4) of a motor vehicle lock. The housing is equipped with at least one printed circuit board (3) which receives electrical / electronic components (7, 9), furthermore with at least one housing cover (1, 2), and with at least one spring element (11) which elastically supports the printed circuit board (3) with respect to the housing cover (1, 2). According to the invention, the printed circuit board (3) is arranged between two housing covers (1, 2) lying opposite one another and is elastically supported in the intermediate space with the aid of the spring element (11).

The invention relates to a control arrangement for the operation of a motor vehicle locking system (2), wherein the control arrangement (1) comprises an H-bridge circuit (3) with two half-bridges, wherein the control arrangement (1) controls an electric drive motor (4) of the motor vehicle locking system (2) via the two half-bridges in a control routine to provide a motorized closing function for an adjustable locking element (5) of the motor vehicle (6), wherein the control arrangement (1) comprises an electrical energy storage device (8), wherein the energy storage device (8) provides an emergency electrical supply voltage for the control arrangement (1) in an emergency operation, in particular in the event of a failure of a normal supply voltage of the motor vehicle (6), and wherein the control arrangement (1) is configured to charge the energy storage device (8) based on the normal supply voltage.It is proposed that the control unit (7) performs the charging by switching the normal supply voltage to the energy storage device (8) via one of the two half-bridges of the H-bridge circuit (3).

The present disclosure provides a lock device for a vehicle and a vehicle, comprising a lock body, a lock bolt assembly, a pawl assembly, a manual unlocking mechanism, a clutch assembly and an automatic driving mechanism. The pawl assembly is arranged in the lock body and limited by the ratchet gear. The manual unlocking mechanism is connected with the pawl assembly. The clutch assembly is arranged in the lock body. The automatic driving mechanism comprises a driving mechanism, a rotating part, a swinging part, a connecting rod assembly and a locking assembly. The rotating part is provided with a first recess, and the swinging part is provided with a first protrusion, which is at least partially located in the first recess. The rotating part rotates in the forward direction to push the first protrusion by the first recess wall, drive the swinging part to pivot, and the swinging part is further configured to drive the clutch assembly to move, and the connecting rod assembly drives the pawl assembly to pivot and unlock. The locking assembly is connected with the lock bolt assembly through the clutch assembly. The rotating part rotates in the reverse direction to drive the locking assembly to rotate, and when the clutch assembly is in the combined state, the locking assembly drives the lock bolt assembly to rotate to the locking position.

This application is directed to systems and methods of locking and unlocking a hatch lid or any other type of opening having a hinged covering. In some embodiments, a blade is actuated by a motor or linear actuator. Blades of the inventive subject matter can include one or two racks that interact with one or two pinion gears. In embodiments having rotational motors, a pinion gear can be coupled with that motor and with a rack that can cause the blade to move when the motor turns. In embodiments having linear actuators, the linear actuator more directly causes the blade to move. Other embodiments of the inventive subject matter include a screw mechanism that can interact with a locker receptacle upon rotating a motor coupled thereto.

A coupling access device for a semi-trailer includes: a cover mechanism to cover an air hose coupling for pneumatic brakes of the semi-trailer, the cover mechanism to restrict access to the air hose coupling when in a closed position, and the cover mechanism to provide access to the air hose coupling when in an open position; a lock device to engage the cover mechanism in the closed position; and a controller to actuate the lock device to allow the cover mechanism to transition from the closed position to the open position.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle housing, in particular a lock housing (1, 2; 4) of a motor vehicle lock. The housing is equipped with at least one printed circuit board (3) accommodating electrical / electronic components (7, 9), furthermore with at least one housing cover (1, 2), and with at least one spring element (11) elastically mounting the printed circuit board (3) relative to the housing cover (1, 2). According to the invention, the printed circuit board (3) is arranged between two opposing housing covers (1, 2) and is elastically mounted in the space between them by means of the spring element (11).

A latch for an automotive vehicle door of the type including a housing in which a claw is pivoting around a first axis between different functional angular positions. The latch also includes at least two switches to determine a functional angular position of the claw. The latch includes a mobile device to be moved by the claw in at least a first and a second position. The mobile device is arranged to place both switches in a first state in the first position of the mobile device and to place both switches in a second state in the second position of the mobile device.

This invention relates to an inductive sensor device for detecting changes in the position of an actuating element. The sensor device comprises: - an LC resonant circuit having an inductive element (L) and a capacitive element (C); - an excitation supply for exciting the LC resonant circuit by coupling an excitation voltage (U) to the LC resonant circuit; - a decoupling element arranged between the excitation supply and the LC resonant circuit; and - an evaluation device for evaluating signal attenuation in the resonant circuit. The invention also relates to an actuation device.

This invention provides a vehicle power supply discharge device that can rapidly discharge the backup power supply. [Solution] The vehicle power discharge device 100 comprises a backup power supply 20 as a backup for the on-board battery 10 mounted on the vehicle V, a motor 12 that operates using power supplied from the on-board battery 10 or the backup power supply 20, and a control unit 40 that can detect the voltage of the backup power supply 20 and controls the operation of the motor 12. The control unit 40 performs a discharge process that operates the motor 12 until the detected voltage, which is the detected voltage of the backup power supply 20, falls below a predetermined voltage.

A vehicle power supply system comprises a vehicle battery mounted in a vehicle, an emergency power supply as a replacement for the vehicle battery, a motor that drives an electrical device in the vehicle by being supplied with power from the vehicle battery or the emergency power supply, a charger that charges the emergency power supply by supplying electrical energy from the vehicle battery to the emergency power supply, a vehicle battery voltmeter that detects an output voltage of the vehicle battery, and a control unit that controls the charger, wherein, if the output voltage of the vehicle battery falls below a first voltage detected by the vehicle battery voltmeter, the control unit charges the emergency power supply so that a second voltage is output, with which the motor can at least be operated.

A vehicle door latch includes an engagement mechanism for engaging with a striker and an electrical release mechanism including an electrical release motor with an output shaft and a worm arranged on the output shaft. The worm meshes with a gear wheel. The gear wheel actuates the engagement mechanism from a closed position in which the striker is retained by the engagement mechanism and an opened position in which the striker is released. The vehicle door latch also includes an additional electrical release mechanism including an additional electrical release motor. The additional electrical release mechanism acts in parallel to the electrical release mechanism to provide an additional torque force to the gear wheel.

The utility model relates to an optical distributed geometric shape change collision sensor and vehicle, above-mentioned sensor includes: optical device and control circuit module. Optical device is used to be laid in the target main body in the vehicle that needs to carry out shape change monitoring. Control circuit module is separated and is laid with optical device, and has optical path connection between optical device. Among them, control circuit module contains: light source device, light sensor device and controller. Light source device is used to produce and output light signal to optical device, exports to light sensor device after carrying out optical path transmission via optical device, and light sensor device is used to determine the on-off state of optical path according to the receiving information of light signal, controller is connected with light source device and light sensor device, and in the case that the on-off state of optical path indicates that the optical path is disconnected under the condition that the preset degree of shape change occurs, triggers the control of controller to the control of vehicle door unlocking. The sensor can directly perceive geometric shape change and trigger the control of vehicle door unlocking, and can effectively improve the security of vehicle.

A door handle assembly for a vehicle includes a grip member body and a sensor module. The sensor module includes a casing in which at least one sensor is housed and a wire harness connecting the at least one sensor to an external connector. The casing of the sensor module is an elongated shape along a longitudinal direction. The grip member body includes a recess for receiving the casing of the sensor module. The recess is provided on a first side of the grip member body. The recess communicates with an opening provided on a second side of the grip member body opposite to the first side. The opening is configured to allow the wire harness passing through the opening from one side of the grip member body to another. The opening is further configured to allow inserting the casing of the sensor module and to prevent inserting the connector.

The application discloses a handle system, a vehicle comprising the same and a method for controlling the handle system. The handle system comprises a handle base, a handle body, a driving device, a position sensing device, a sensed member and a control device. The handle system of the application can accurately indicate that the handle body is in a retracted position, a first unfolded position or a second unfolded position relative to the handle base by arranging the position sensing device and the sensed member to cooperate on the handle base and the handle body. Based on the position of the handle body, the control device of the handle system can control the driving device to stop continuously driving the handle body when the handle body moves to the retracted position and the first unfolded position, and the control device can control the electronic lock device to be unlocked when the handle body moves to the second unfolded position.

The invention relates to a method for providing emergency power to a vehicle, an emergency power supply device, and a vehicle 10. The method comprises providing a low-voltage system 16 in the vehicle 10 and providing a charging socket 17 on the vehicle 10. Furthermore, the method includes unlocking the charging socket 17 when a predetermined energy level is reached in the vehicle 10 and connecting a protective conductor 19 of the charging socket 17 to the low-voltage system 16. Additionally, the method includes supplying the protective conductor 19 with electrical energy and opening the vehicle 10 with the low-voltage system 16.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automobile parts, disclose a new type of sliding door locking actuator mechanism assembly, it includes base and the cover board that cooperates with base, still includes setting on the base drive mechanism, support subassembly and lock tongue, support subassembly is fixed on the base, lock tongue slidingly connected on support subassembly, drive mechanism cooperates with lock tongue, and drives lock tongue to move on drive mechanism and realizes locking or unlocking, still be equipped with the noise reduction spare of lock tongue adaptation on the base. The utility model's noise reduction spare can reduce the noise, and the use comfort is good, and the emergency unlocking structure can be in outside through corresponding tool and emergency unlocking structure cooperation realizes manual unlocking, and the overall practicality is strong, the symmetrical layout of wheel system and lock tongue can reduce production cost, simplify production management, improve assembly efficiency and strengthen product versatility, set up waterproof adhesive tape in the end outer periphery of the shaft exposure base and cover board to prevent the internal component, further strengthened the practicality of use.

The present application relates to a positioning method, a positioning device, a computer-readable storage medium, and a vehicle. The above positioning method is applied to a lock end and includes the following content. The lock end transmits first information and records the first transmission time of the first information. The key end receives the first information, records the first reception time, and transmits second information to the lock end. The second information includes request information, the second transmission time of the request information, and the first reception time. The lock end receives the second information, records the second reception time, and calculates the difference between the second transmission time and the first reception time. The lock end calculates the distance between the lock end and the key end based on the first transmission time, the second reception time, and the difference between the second transmission time and the first reception time, so as to achieve the positioning of the key end or the lock end. According to the positioning method according to the present application, the interaction accuracy is improved algorithmically, the time error is reduced, and the positioning accuracy is improved.

The invention relates to an electronic lock module (200) for a door (50) or flap, comprising at least one ultra-wideband module (210) and a control unit (40) coupled to the ultra-wideband module (210), wherein the ultra-wideband module (210) has a radar function. The invention further relates to a door (50) and a vehicle (10).

Door handle (1) for a door of a vehicle (2), comprising: a door handle flap (3) rotatable about a rotation axis (4), which, in the state of the door handle being mounted on the door of the vehicle, is flush with a vehicle surface (15) of the door of the vehicle (2) in a closed position (10) on an outside (14), wherein the door handle flap (3) has a functional element (8) on an inside (6) for actuating an electronic opening button (9), which is designed such that the door handle flap (3) is pressed inwards in an open position (11) by a manual actuation and the functional element (8) triggers the electronic opening button (9).

A switch assembly includes: a housing including a wall and an elastic member attached thereto; and a paddle pivotably mounted on the housing and including a lever. The wall includes fixation members aligned along a virtual pivot axis. A back part of a main extension of the paddle is provided with corresponding fixation members for cooperating with the fixation members of the wall to pivotally attach the paddle to the housing. The paddle is rotatable around the pivot axis from a rest position where the lever does not contact a microswitch, to an active position, when a pressure is exerted on an external surface of the paddle, wherein the lever contacts and activate the microswitch, and wherein the elastic member is compressed transversally to an extension of the wall by an internal surface of the paddle so that when the pressure is reduced, the paddle returns to the rest position.