Brose Schliesssysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg

Andreas Platzkoester

Ingmar Hentsch

Frank Hegerfeld

Michael Langfermann

Klaus Duenne

Christian Groewe

A motor vehicle with a control means and an electrically connected sensor. The sensor is used especially to detect the actuation of a door handle for opening a motor vehicle lock. In order to ensure high failure safety, the sensor for transmission of sensor signals has at least two electrically independent outputs which are connected to the control means via electrical signal lines.

Motor vehicle door lock system

A functional unit of a motor vehicle tat has at least one adjustable functional element, a control means for controlling and/or for monitoring the position of the functional element, an angle sensor coupled to the functional element for determining the position thereof, a stator and a rotor that is pivotable relative to the stator around an axis of the angle sensor, the angle sensor producing an output signal which corresponds to a respective position of the rotor relative to the stator and the output signal being supplied to the control means, in which the angle sensor is a magneto-resistance angle sensor, the stator has evaluation electronics and the rotor has a permanent magnet arrangement. The functional element can be such motor vehicle elements as a pivotable rear hatch, a pivotable trunk lid, a pivotable hood and a pivotable or sliding door, a motorized seat adjustment, and a motorized window raiser.

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Wuppertal, Germany

Andreas Platzkoester