Method for operating a motor vehicle locking system
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsManuel Reusch, Michael Scholz
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Abstract
A method for operating a motor vehicle locking system, particularly for acting upon a motor vehicle cover and preferably a motor vehicle door for the purpose of locking it. A drive for the cover is acted upon depending on a pre-locked position and a fully latched position of the cover determined by a sensor. According to the invention, a sensor detects the over-travel beyond the fully latched position, resulting in the motor being driven in a reverse direction irrespective of the previously assumed fully latched position.
Claims15
A method for operating a motor vehicle locking system for acting upon a motor vehicle cover, the method comprising:
- acting on a drive for a motor vehicle lock of the cover to drive the motor vehicle lock from a starting point depending on a pre-locked position and a fully latched position of the motor vehicle lock detected by a sensor;
- detecting an over-travel position which is beyond the fully latched position of the motor vehicle lock via the sensor;
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- driving a motor in a reverse direction irrespective of a previously assumed fully latched position;
- the method further comprising detecting via the sensor a normal locking process including a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the fully latched position and a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the over-travel position, wherein when there is a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the fully latched position and a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the over-travel position the motor is driven in reverse to move the motor vehicle lock to the fully latched position;
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- the method further comprising detecting via the sensor a cancelled normal locking process including a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the over-travel position in absence of a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the fully latched position, wherein when there is a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the over-travel position in absence of a detection that the motor vehicle lock has reached the fully latched position the motor is driven in reverse to move the motor vehicle lock to the starting point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.