| US 7,589,431 B2 | ||
| Motor vehicle door lock system | ||
| Ingmar Hentsch, Wuppertal (Germany); Michael Langfermann, Wuppertal (Germany); Christian Groewe, Wuppertal (Germany); Frank Hegerfeld, Gelsenkirchen (Germany); Klaus Duenne, Heiligenhaus (Germany); and Andreas Platzkoester, Wuppertal (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co., KG, Wuppertal (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/14,903. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 103 60 422 (DE), filed on Dec. 19, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0156468 A1, Jul. 21, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60L 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 307—10.1 | 28 Claims |
| 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, and
wherein 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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