Vitesco Technologies Gmbh

Michele Ciocchetta

Alain Fontanet

A device for 'hands-free' unlocking/locking of a door of a motor vehicle includes a radiofrequency antenna and radiofrequency transmission/reception system to authenticate portable equipment of a user, at least one capacitive sensor to detect the approach and/or the contact of a member of the user in a predetermined zone, an electronic unit controlling the unlocking of the door, an emergency access device, and a chain. The emergency access device includes a body, a graspable pull member connected to a lock actuator and movable between retracted and deployed positions, a retention pin sliding transverse to the pull member, an electric ejector configured to control the sliding of the retention pin, and a control unit for the electric ejector adapted to control the electric ejector in two modes, the control unit controlling the electric ejector in vibration mode as a function of an authentication status of the equipment of the user.

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Toulouse, France

Michele Ciocchetta