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An apparatus automatically locks the doors of a vehicle based on mutual communications between a portable unit and a vehicle-side control unit. After the doors are closed and locked after all the passengers get off the vehicle, the user of a portable unit unlocks the doors in order to allow a person without the portable unit to fetch something left in the vehicle. After the person opens a door, takes whatever he or she needs, and closes the door, the doors are automatically locked. When a door sensor is operated to unlock the doors, and one of the doors is opened, a memory means stores information indicating that the portable unit is present in a predetermined range outside of the vehicle. If the memory means stores information that the doors are unlocked, then the doors are automatically locked.

A main control ECU of a vehicle unit performs mutual communication with a portable device by external transmitters when respective vehicle doors provided with the automatic open / close function are open. The main control ECU further performs, after ID code matching is confirmed, the mutual communication with the portable device by the external transmitters again after a predetermined time. The main control unit still further performs, when the second matching is not confirmed, mutual communication with the portable device by an internal transmitter. The main control unit automatically closes the vehicle doors when the third matching is not confirmed.

A fuel lid open-close mechanism includes a fuel lid open sensor for detecting an opening of a fuel lid, and the fuel lid is automatically closed by a fuel lid controller when the opening of the fuel lid is detected. The close operation of the fuel lid is performed when a predetermined condition of fuel lid closure absence is fulfilled. The fuel lid is closed by driving shutter members from an open position to a close position.

A vehicle door controlling apparatus comprises a connection locking mechanism between a swinging door and a sliding door for locking the two doors by connecting them to each other. The swinging door is capable of opening or closing the front side of a vehicle opening and the second door is capable of opening or closing the rear side of the opening. The vehicle door controlling apparatus further comprises an operating switch which requests the opening of the sliding door, a rotary switch which detects a lock state between the doors, and a latch switch and a pole switch which detect a lock state at the rear side of the sliding door. When the controller detects a request for opening the sliding door, a release actuator releases the lock state, electric current is applied to a sliding motor, and electrical operation of the sliding door starts.

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.

A door system includes a front door and a rear door that are configured to shut together a continuous opening in a vehicle body; a striker configured to be inserted in both the front door and the rear door so as to couple the front door and the rear door when the continuous opening is shut by the front door and the rear door. When at least one of the front door and the rear door is opened, the striker is drawn out from one of the front door and the rear door so as to cancel the coupling between the front door and the rear door.

The invention discloses a device preventing a car door from colliding with an object when a car door is opened and a corresponding method. The device preventing the car door from colliding with the object when the car door is opened comprises an ultrasonic radar and a microcontroller, wherein the ultrasonic radar is configured to transmit ultrasonic signals and receive the ultrasonic signals reflected from the object, the microcontroller is connected with the ultrasonic radar, and configured to carry out the following operations:measuring the distance between the object and the car door by controlling the ultrasonic radar to send the ultrasonic signals and receive the ultrasonic signals reflected from the object, judging whether the object is safe or not relative to door opening according to distance between the object and the car door, and delaying the time of opening the car door by responding to the negative judgment result.

The present invention provides a smart key system using Low Frequency (LF) antennas of a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), in which a Central Processing Unit (CPU) installed inside a vehicle control locking modules of respective doors to be opened or locked in response to an open / close signal from a smart key configured to transmit / receive a wireless signal unique to the vehicle. A plurality of antennas are installed on the vehicle for receiving a low frequency control signal transmitted from the smart key. One or more of the antennas are the LF antennas used for the TPMS of the vehicle.

A remote control device for a vehicular slide door apparatus includes a shaft 13, an input lever 14 fixedly mounted on the shaft 13 so as to be rotated together therewith, an opening-directional lever 18 rotatable mounted on the shaft 13 and rotated by the input lever 14 when the shaft 13 is rotated in one direction, a closing-directional lever 19 rotatable mounted on the shaft 13 and rotated by the input lever 14 when the shaft 13 is rotated in the other direction, an open lever 15 rotatable mounted on the shaft 13 and associated with the closing-directional lever 19, and an output lever 16 rotatably mounted on the shaft 13 and associated with the open lever 15. In accordance with the present invention, the opening-directional lever 8, the closing-directional lever 19, the open lever 15, and the output lever 16 are mounted on the common shaft 13, which is unlike the conventional structure wherein two shafts are required to support these lever elements. Thus, the present invention can offer a more simplified structure of the remote control device for vehicular slide door apparatus.

A security device for a vehicle having doors that can be locked and unlocked by using a mechanical key or an electronic portable unit, which transmits a signal of door unlock instruction. When the doors are unlocked, a monitoring state is reset and an alarm is unset, and it is checked if the doors are unlocked by using the mechanical key or by using the signal transmitted from the portable unit. If it is determined that the doors are unlocked by using the mechanical key, the user is informed of this fact.

The present invention provides a convenient keyless door opening device capable of automatic locking of the car door and automatic ventilation inside the car, which has a vehicle-mounted machine (1) and a portable remote control machine ( 2), the vehicle-mounted machine (1) has: a car door locking mechanism (12); an automatic window mechanism (13) and an ECU (16); a portable remote control machine (2) has an opening mode and a closing mode capable of storing the window (the first mode , the memory (22) of the setting information of the 2nd mode); Select any one mode, and can change the mode selection switch (23) of the setting information of memory (22) according to the mode selected. The ECU (16) automatically locks the doors and drives the windows based on the response signal (b3) from the portable remote control (2), and stops the windows at a predetermined position based on the setting information stored in the memory (22).

A latch of a vehicle includes a displacement member having a first position, a second position, and an intermediate rest position and an output movable between a first output position and a second output position. A first mode of operation is possible where the output lever is driven between the first output position and the second output position by a stepper motor and a second mode of operation is possible where the output lever can be moved between the first output position and the second output position independently from the stepper motor. A common control controls all the latches in the vehicle.

A door lock control apparatus includes a lock switch on an exterior of a vehicle, a controller, and a check device. The controller performs a first key check in response to a lock command inputted through the lock switch. The first key check determines whether an electronic key specific to the vehicle is located outside around the vehicle based on a response from the key. The check device performs a second key check, when the key is put into a situation in which the key can be moved from inside to outside the vehicle. The second key check determines whether the key is located inside the vehicle based on the response from the key. The check device stores a result of the second key check as a check record.

The invention relates to a micro-switch type automotive central door lock fastener and a production process thereof. The micro-switch type automotive central door lock fastener comprises a shaft snap spring, a fastener action output oscillating bar, a sealing ring, a reset torsion spring, a worm gear, a locking cushion, a fastener output shaft, a sector gear, an unlocking bumper block, a driving cam bit, a worm gear rotating shaft, a lower fastener shell, a motor electrode, a micro-switch binding post, a micro-switch, a motor, a pinion, a worm and an upper fastener shell. A signal extraction mechanism of the central door lock fastener utilizes the high-performance micro-switch to substitute for a reed and a slip sheet of a traditional fastener, and corresponding mechanisms of the fastener are appropriately designed and adjusted.

A motor vehicle with a control means and an electrically connected sensor. The sensor is used especially to detect the actuation of a door handle for opening a motor vehicle lock. In order to ensure high failure safety, the sensor for transmission of sensor signals has at least two electrically independent outputs which are connected to the control means via electrical signal lines.

A locking device for attachment to a fixed portion of a transit vehicle door system is for locking one or more doors of the transit vehicle door system in either a fully locked position or a pushback lock position. The locking device has a simple lock arm, biased toward the locking position and rotatably attached to the fixed portion of the transit vehicle door system at a first pivot of the rotary lock arm, the rotary lock arm having at least one door engagement portion for engaging a portion of the door(s) for locking the door(s) when the rotary lock arm is in at least one of the locking position and the pushback position thereof. A linear actuator, rotating the lock arm to the unlocked position when energized, is attached to the fixed portion of the transit vehicle door system and connected to a second pivot of the lock arm, said second pivot offset from the first pivot. A lock actuator sensing switch provides a feedback on the actuator position to the transit vehicle control system. Means are provided within linear actuator to manually rotate lock arm toward unlocked position for opening doors during an emergency.

The present invention relates to a slim-type smart card key of a vehicle and a control method therefor. Particularly, the present invention comprises: a printed circuit board having a plurality of electric field components soldered therein, having a predetermined thickness, and having an emergency key accommodation groove which is vertically cut at one side and thus is vertically penetrated, and a battery accommodation groove which is vertically cut at the other side and thus is vertically penetrated; an emergency key access hole for allowing an emergency key to access the emergency key accommodation groove; a main body part having formed therein a battery access hole for allowing a battery to access the battery accommodation groove and being injection molded so as to enclose the printed circuit board in the state that the printed circuit board is inserted in a metal mold; an emergency key placing part which, before the main body part is injection molded, is moved in the direction of the emergency key accommodation groove, provided on any one of the upper portion and the lower portion of the printed circuit board, and is placed and fixed on the edge portion of the emergency key accommodation groove; and a terminal assembly which, before the main body part is injection molded, is moved in the same direction as the emergency key placing part and is placed and fixed on the edge portion of the battery accommodation groove, thereby providing the advantage of enhancing the convenience of assembly and the durability of the product.

Disclosed are foreign object detection systems with control logic for governing use of vehicle door assemblies, and motor vehicles equipped with such FOD systems and logic. Methods are disclosed for regulating operation of a vehicle door locking mechanism. One method includes a vehicle controller determining the operating status of a control protocol that governs use of the locking mechanism. If the operating status is active, the controller receives sensor signals indicative of a location and / or velocity of an object within the sensor's supervision field. If the object is located within a protected door zone and / or the object's velocity is towards the protected zone, the controller determines whether the locking mechanism is locked or unlocked. If the locking mechanism is locked, the controller commands the locking mechanism to maintain the locked state. Conversely, if the locking mechanism is unlocked, the controller commands the locking mechanism to lock and maintain this state.

This door opening / closing control system is provided with: a plurality of door opening / closing devices that lock and unlock a corresponding door; a door opening / closing control device that controls the plurality of door opening / closing devices; and a plurality of input devices that, when ID information is input, transmit the input ID information to the door opening / closing control device. The door opening / closing control device is provided with a recording device and a control device. The recording device is configured in a manner so as to record the corresponding relationship between the door opening / closing devices and the combination of the ID information and the input devices. The control device is configured in a manner so that when ID information is received from the input devices, the control device refers to the corresponding relationship recorded at the recording device, selects the door opening / closing device corresponding to the combination of the received ID information and the input device that transmitted the ID information, and causes the selected door opening / closing device to unlock the corresponding door.

A vehicle door lock system may include a control unit for selectively unlocking a door, the control unit having an input for receiving a signal from an occupant detection system, a logic unit for determining whether to send an unlock signal to the door based upon the input, and an output for selectively sending the unlock signal to the door when the automatic door unlock conditions are met.

A vehicle door lock controller mounted on a vehicle and locking or unlocking a closed door based on a user's operation, comprises an auto-door locking means which locks a door if the open operation of a vehicle door is not detected within a predetermined time-out time after the door is unlocked based on user's operation, and a means time-out time determining for determining the length of the predetermined time-out time based on the positional information of its own vehicle. When door unlocking is requested by the user within a predetermined period after the door is locked by the auto-door locking means, the time-out time determining means learns the position of its own vehicle at that moment in time as a spot where the predetermined time-out time must be prolonged.

A door lock / unlock system for a vehicle is comprised of a door lock state detector for detecting a door lock / unlock state, a door open state detector for detecting a door open / close state, a door lock mechanism for locking and unlocking a door, and a controller. The controller is arranged to compare a first lock / unlock state detected during the door open state with a second lock / unlock state detected at a moment when an open / close state is changed from an open state to a closed state, to maintain the state of the door lock mechanism when the first lock / unlock state corresponds to the second lock / unlock state, and to set the state of the door lock mechanism at the first lock / unlock state when the first lock / unlock state does not corresponds to the second lock / unlock state.

The invention discloses a door lock actuator, capable of switching from the super-locking status to the locking status or unlock status, and capable of using simple control to select these status. By rotating to the locking rotary direction, the cam component or worm wheel can rotate the rotor from unlock position to the locking setting position of the lock position to the super-locking setting position through an actuating rotor, the slider is actuated from a connecting status to a non-connecting status at the actuating part of the super-locking setting position, by the rotation in the unlock actuating direction, the slider can be rotated to the locking release position of the actuating rotor from the lock position to the unlock position through the super-locking setting position, and the slider is actuated from a non-connecting status to a connecting status at the actuating part of the super-locking setting position. The cam component is provided with a first operation section, which actuates the moveable touch contacts and stops the cam component at the super lock setting position.

An improved actuator used to operate one or more locks on a vehicle. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are configured to lock and unlock multiple locks sequentially rather than simultaneously, allowing for the use of smaller and less expensive motors. Actuator nosepieces can also be changed out allowing the actuators to be easily used with different kinds of locking mechanisms. The actuating member is locked and unlocked by way of a compression spring and plunger assembly that is more robust than a torsion spring as in prior art.

A locking arrangement comprising: (a) a handle assembly; (b) a primary locking mechanism comprising: (i) a locking bar movable between an extended latching position and a retracted release position, whereby when the locking bar is in the retracted release position the handle assembly is movable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition; and (ii) an actuator means which acts upon the locking bar to move the locking bar between the extended latching position and the retracted release position; (c) a secondary locking mechanism which acts independently upon the locking bar to move the locking bar between the extended latching position and the retracted release position; and (d) at least one biased catch means to releasably retain the locking bar in either the extended latching position or the retracted release position.

A locking arrangement comprising: (a) a handle assembly; (b) a primary locking mechanism comprising: (i) a locking bar movable between an extended latching position and a retracted release position, whereby when the locking bar is in the retracted release position the handle assembly is movable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition; and (ii) an actuator means which acts upon the locking bar to move the locking bar between the extended latching position and the retracted release position; (c) a secondary locking mechanism which acts independently upon the locking bar to move the locking bar between the extended latching position and the retracted release position; and (d) at least one biased catch means to releasably retain the locking bar in either the extended latching position or the retracted release position.