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Lock system and apparatus for a motor vehicle with secondary energy storage and transmission for emergency operation

  • US 10,449,931 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2017
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lock system for access authorization in a motor vehicle, which has a keyless entry/go functionality, comprisinga first device which has at least two states and is embodied as a control device for unlocking and/or locking one of a car door and a tailgate, andhaving an associated second device which is embodied in a manner of an electronic key, an ID signal transmitter, or a chip card,wherein the two devices have, for their intended operation, transmitters and/or receivers for electromagnetic signals,wherein at least one of the signals transmitted between the second device and the first device is an encoded operating signal for authenticating the second device, which after a positive evaluation of the transmitted operating signal, the second device is authorized to bring about a change in state of the first device, andhaving a first energy store for supplying energy to the first device for the intended operation thereof andhaving a second energy store for supplying energy to the second device for the intended operation thereof,the first device comprising a first coil of a type of an LF (Low Frequency) coil as an energy transmission means for transmitting energy from the first energy store, with the second device comprising a transponder such that energy can be transmitted from the first energy store to the second device by means of the energy transmission means for an emergency operation of the second device when the second energy store is exhausted, the emergency operation allowing authentication of the second device and control, by the second device, of state of the first device,wherein the first device is arranged in the one of a car door and a tailgate, the first device comprising an emergency battery, and both a locking and/or unlocking mechanism and an actuator, such that the actuator is operatively connected directly to the locking and/or unlocking mechanism, with the actuator activating the locking and/or unlocking mechanism after positive authentication of the second device, and the actuator is directly connected to the emergency battery, which has a storage capacity such that when the first energy store is exhausted, energy from the emergency battery is sufficient for the emergency operation of the first device with at least one one-time change in the state of the locking and/or unlocking mechanism via the actuator,wherein a state of the emergency battery is monitored by means of a diagnostic control unit in such a way that when necessary the emergency battery can be replaced, andwherein a second coil of a type of an LF (Low Frequency) coil is arranged in a region of a center console as a further energy transmission means for transmitting energy from the first energy store to the second device, such that when the second energy store is exhausted driving authorization can be activated by the transponder in the second device, and the transmitted energy from the first energy store to the second device is used for starting the motor vehicle.

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