Locking device for a motor vehicle having a number of doors

• US 6,563,416 B1
• Filed: 12/09/1999
• Issued: 05/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Zintler, Albert
• Primary Examiner(s): TRIEU, VAN THANH
• Application Number:
  US09/460,287
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• Field of Search: 340/5.31, 340/5.28, 340/5.51, 340/5.64, 340/5.72, 340/425.5, 340/426, 340/574, 340/539, 307/10.1, 307/10.2, 307/10.5, 361/172
• US Class Current: 340/5.31
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00396 starting with prompting the keyless data carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00523 opening of different locks separately
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00793 by Hertzian waves
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks

Abstract

A locking device for a coach (13) has a control device (20) for detecting a position of a portable transmitter (21). The control device (20) drives, in dependence on the position of the transmitter (21), locks (24, 25) that locks doors (22, 23) of the coach (13) which are provided exclusively for this position. As a result of this, unrequired doors (22, 23) do not have to be monitored.

Claims

1. A locking device for a motor vehicle having a number of doors, having a portable transmitter and a receiver, to be arranged on the motor vehicle, for a code of the transmitter, and having a control device for driving locks of the doors, wherein the control device (3, 20) has means for detecting position of the transmitter (2, 21) and is for exclusively driving at least one of the locks (8-10, 24, 25) provided in dependence on the position of the transmitter (2, 21), wherein the control device (3) has an antenna (7) that is provided for radiating a start signal to a portable transmitter (2), wherein the portable transmitter (21) has a plurality of code generators (29, 30).

2. The locking device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of code generators generates a unique code, each unique code driving a respective lock.

3. The locking device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a plurality of transmitters, each transmitter including a plurality of code generators.

4. A locking device for a motor vehicle having a number of doors, having a portable transmitter and a receiver, to be arranged on the motor vehicle, for a code of the transmitter, and having a control device for driving locks of the doors, wherein the control device (3, 20) has means for detecting position of the transmitter (2, 21) and is for exclusively driving at least one of the locks (8-10, 24, 25) provided in dependence on the position of the transmitter (2, 21), wherein the control device (3) has an antenna (7) that is provided for radiating a start signal to a portable transmitter (2), wherein the portable transmitter (3, 21) has an active code generator (12, 29, 30) for calculating a code after the start signal, containing a code, of the control device (3, 20).

5. A locking device for a motor vehicle having a number of doors, having a portable transmitter and a receiver, to be arranged on the motor vehicle, for a code of the transmitter, and having a control device for driving locks of the doors, wherein the control device (3, 20) has means for detecting position of the transmitter (2, 21) and is for exclusively driving at least one of the locks (8-10, 24, 25) provided in dependence on the position of the transmitter (2, 21), wherein the control device (20) is for locking the doors (22, 23) when the transmitter (21) is removed from reception range (33, 34) of the receiver (19).

6. A locking device for a motor vehicle having a number of doors, having a portable transmitter and a receiver to be arranged on the motor vehicle, for receiving a code signal transmitted by the transmitter, and having a control device for driving locks of the doors, wherein the control device (3, 20) has means for detecting position of the transmitter (2, 21) and is for exclusively driving at least one of the locks (8-10, 24, 25) dependent on the proximity of the transmitter (2, 21) to at least one door associated with the at least one of the locks,

wherein said means for detecting the position of the transmitter (2, 21) have a plurality of antennas (4-6, 26, 27), and wherein the control device (3, 20) is for evaluating the signals of the antennas (4-6, 26, 27) for determining the position of the transmitter (2, 21),

wherein the antennas (4-6, 26, 27) are configured as directional antennas,

wherein one of the plurality of directional antennas is positioned at an ignition lock of the motor vehicle for driving the ignition lock upon receipt of a transmission lock code signal by said transmitter.