Electronic key for motor vehicle
AssigneeSiemens VDO Automotive Corporation
InventorFrederic Chaillie
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an electronic key (10) for an automotive vehicle, said key being of generally flat parallelepipedal shape and comprising: a housing (12) for an electronic card, said card being adapted to control electronically a locking/unlocking device onboard the vehicle and permitting the locking/unlocking of the openings of the vehicle, and an insert compartment (11) housing an emergency insert adapted to lock/unlock mechanically the openings of a vehicle in case of malfunction of the electronic card, said electronic key being characterized in that the insert (13) is constituted solely of a key blade and is provided with recesses (16) adapted to coact with retaining means (15) provided in the insert compartment to hold firmly the insert in the compartment no matter what its position.
Claims7
Electronic key (10) for an automotive vehicle, said key being of generally flat parallelepipedal shape and comprising:
- a housing (12) for an electronic card, said card being adapted to control electronically a locking/unlocking device onboard the vehicle and permitting the locking/unlocking of the openings of the vehicle, and
- an insert compartment (11) housing an emergency insert (13) adapted to lock/unlock mechanically the openings of a vehicle in case of malfunction of the electronic card,
- wherein the insert (13) is constituted solely of a key blade and is provided with recesses (16) adapted to coact with retaining means (15) provided in the insert compartment to hold firmly the insert (13) both in a rest position when the insert is disposed in its housing and in an active position when the blade is turned 180° to be able to be inserted in a suitable lock.
An electronic key, comprising:
- a housing for an electronic device that operates a vehicle lock;
- an insert that is a key blade with longitudinally extended side edges, each of said side edges having a recess therein, said insert having a first longitudinal end for operating a vehicle lock and a second longitudinal end opposite said first longitudinal end;
- an insert compartment that receives said insert, said insert compartment being attached to said housing so that the electronic key is a generally flat parallelepiped, said insert compartment receiving an entirety of said insert when said first longitudinal end of said insert is inserted to a bottom of said insert compartment;
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- a flexible retaining arm that is longitudinally extended in said insert compartment adjacent to one of said side edges of said insert when said insert is received in said insert compartment, said flexible retaining arm having a protrusion that is in one said recess when said first longitudinal end of said insert is inserted to the bottom of said insert compartment and in one said recess when said second longitudinal end of said insert is inserted into said insert compartment and said first longitudinal end is outside said insert compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.