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US 10,119,309 B2Granted
Key-operated unlocking of automotive power-operated key-cylinder-less door locks
AssigneeFCA Italy S.p.A.
InventorsBogdan Stoenescu, Luigi Laera, Gianfranco Del Nero
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Abstract
A motor vehicle comprising side doors, a bonnet and a boot lid, power-operated key-cylinder-less locks associated with all the side doors, a power-operated lock associated with the boot lid, a key-cylinder lock associated with the bonnet, and an electronic control system configured to sense operation of the key-cylinder lock by means of a mechanical key and, upon determining a specific operation of the key-cylinder lock by means of a mechanical key, responsively unlock one or more of the power-operated key-cylinder-less locks.
Claims3
A motor vehicle comprising:
- side doors;
- power-operated locks associated with one or more of the side doors;
- at least one of a hood or a trunk lid separate from the side doors;
- and
- an electronic control system to centrally lock and unlock one or more of the power-operated locks in response to a command imparted by means of a mechanical key or an electronic key;
- wherein power-operated key-cylinder-less locks are associated with all the side doors of the motor vehicle;
- further comprising a key-cylinder hood or trunk lid lock associated with at least one of the hood or trunk lid;
- wherein the electronic control system is further configured to sense operation of the key-cylinder lock associated with at least one of the hood or trunk lid by means of a mechanical key, and, upon determining a specific operation of the key-cylinder lock by means of the mechanical key, responsively unlock one or more of the power-operated key-cylinder-less locks associated with the side doors;
- wherein the at least one of the hood or the trunk lid is arranged to close a compartment in which an electric energy source of the motor vehicle is housed;
- and
- wherein the key-cylinder lock is a non-power-operated lock.
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