Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Key-operated unlocking of automotive power-operated key-cylinder-less door locks
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Application No.: US16148611Application Date: 2018-10-01
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Publication No.: US10781616B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Bogdan Stoenescu , Luigi Laera , Gianfranco Del Nero
- Applicant: FCA Italy S.p.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Turin
- Assignee: FCA Italy S.p.A.
- Current Assignee: FCA Italy S.p.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Turin
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@5a64ac0e
- Main IPC: E05B81/64
- IPC: E05B81/64 ; B60R25/24 ; E05B81/00 ; E05B83/16 ; E05B85/06 ; G07C9/00

Abstract:
A motor vehicle comprising side doors, a bonnet and a boot lid, power-operated key-cylinder-less locks associated with all the side doors, a power-operated lock associated with the boot lid, a key-cylinder lock associated with the bonnet, and an electronic control system configured to sense operation of the key-cylinder lock by means of a mechanical key and, upon determining a specific operation of the key-cylinder lock by means of a mechanical key, responsively unlock one or more of the power-operated key-cylinder-less locks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190100946A1 KEY-OPERATED UNLOCKING OF AUTOMOTIVE POWER-OPERATED KEY-CYLINDER-LESS DOOR LOCKS Public/Granted day:2019-04-04
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