Installation for controlling openable panels of an automobile vehicle
AssigneeAciers et Outillage Peugeot
InventorMaurice M. Bertot
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Abstract
The installation comprises in each panel a latch which is opened by means of an electric control device. Each of the control devices is connected in series with at least one switch actuating this device in a panel circuit. All of the panel circuits are connected in parallel to a source of current through at least one switch for locking or unlocking simultaneously all the panels. The source of current comprises, in addition to the usual battery of the vehicle, a buffer battery connected in parallel and located in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, there being provided a blocking component such as a diode for precluding a possible discharging of the buffer battery into the usual main battery.
Claims4
An installation for controlling openable panels of an automobile vehicle, such as passenger compartment doors, comprising:
- for each openable panel, a latch (S) and an electric control device (0) for controlling the opening of the corresponding latch, each of said control devices being connected in series with at least one actuating switch (2, 3) for said device in an openable panel circuit, a circuit connecting all of the openable panel circuits in parallel with a source of current through at least one switch (6) for simultaneously locking and unlocking all the openable panels;
- said source of current comprising a conventional main battery (12) of the vehicle, a buffer battery (5) located in the passenger compartment, a circuit connecting the buffer battery in parallel with the main battery, and a current-blocking component (13) inserted in said circuit connecting the buffer battery in parallel with the main battery for precluding any discharge of the buffer battery into said main battery, and a two-way switch circuit (8) comprising two inverting type locking and unlocking switches (9, 10) connecting said buffer battery to the circuit connecting all of the openable panel circuits in parallel, said inverting type locking and unlocking switches being respectively mounted in opposite, preferably front, doors of said passenger compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.