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Motor vehicle door lock system

  • US 7,589,431 B2
  • Filed: 12/20/2004
  • Issued: 09/15/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a control means; and

    at least one sensor which is electrically connected to the control means,wherein each sensor has two electrically independent and redundant outputs for transmission of redundant sensor signals,wherein the redundant outputs are connected to the control means via respective redundant electrical signal lines so as to provide alternative means for performing the same function of the sensor in different manners in case of failure of one of the redundant outputs,wherein the control means and the at least one sensor are part of a motor vehicle locking system of the motor vehicle, andwherein the at least one sensor, for producing the sensor signals, has at least two switching devices in parallel, at least one of the switching devices being made as a make contact switching device and another of the switching devices being made as a break contact switching device.

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