AUTOMATIC LOCKING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20100152966A1
• Filed: 04/05/2007
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Securite Habitacle (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Tessier, Jean-Michel
• Application Number:
  US12/295,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20100152966A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/245 where the antenna reception area plays a role
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3241 particular used in keyless entry systems
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3283 side-mounted antennas, e.g. bumper-mounted, door-mounted mounted on windscreens H01Q1/1271
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/3291 mounted in or on other locations inside the vehicle or vehicle body
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/20 the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path slotted waveguide arrays H01Q21/005; circularly or helically slotted waveguides H01Q21/0062
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/28 Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems multiple beam H01Q25/00

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic system for locking the openable panels of a motor vehicle, comprising a control unit carried on board the vehicle and able to communicate with an identifier; communication means establishing a communication between the onboard control unit and the identifier, installed in the vehicle, a device fitted with simultaneously fed antennas, the magnetic field of two adjacent antennas combining into a positive resultant so as to define an active zone around the vehicle, characterized in that the antenna device comprises three antennas disposed on each face and includes at least one openable panel.

Claims

1. An automatic system for locking a plurality of openable panels of a motor vehicle (1), comprising:

a control unit carried on board the vehicle and able to communicate with an identifier;

communication means establishing a communication between the onboard control unit and the identifier, wherein the communication means is installed in the vehicle; and

a device comprising simultaneously emitting antennas, wherein a field of two adjacent antennas combine into a positive resultant so as to define an active zone (Z_tot) around the vehicle,

wherein the device comprises three antennas disposed on each face of at least one of the plurality of openable panels.

2. The locking system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a first of the three antennas is positioned on a right side face of the vehicle, a second of the three antennas is positioned on a left side face of the vehicle, and a third of the three antennas is positioned on a rear face of the vehicle.

3. The locking system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a distance between an exterior limit of the active zone (Z_tot) and an exterior contour of the vehicle lies between 80 cm and 2 m.

4. The locking system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second antennas positioned on the right and left side faces are integrated into one selected from a group consisting of handles of the corresponding openable panels, side trims of the vehicle, and tops of door fittings of the vehicle.

5. The locking system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the third antenna positioned on the rear face of the vehicle is integrated into one selected from a group consisting of a handle of the rear openable panel, a rear fender, a raised stoplight block, and a motor block of a rear windshield wiper of the vehicle.

6. The locking system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the three antennas comprise a coil wound around a magnetic core.

7. The locking system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the magnetic core is one of ferrite, plastoferrite, and a stack of nanocrystalline alloy sheets.

8. The locking system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the three antennas emit between 120 and 138 kHz.

9. A motor vehicle comprising the locking system as claimed in claim 1.