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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2013
Magna Closures Inc., Newmarket, CA;
Davide Dente, Pisa, IT;
MAGNA CLOSURES INC., Newmarket, CA;
Abstract
An electronic latch assembly for a closure device of a motor vehicle, having an actuator group operable to control actuation of the closure device and an electric motor controllable to drive the actuator group and supplied, during a normal operating condition, by a main power source of the motor vehicle providing a main supply voltage (Vbatt); the electronic latch assembly has a backup energy source, and a control unit controlling the backup energy source to supply the electric motor during a failure operating condition. The backup energy source has a supercapacitor group, which stores energy during the normal operating condition and provides a backup supply voltage (Vsc) to supply the electric motor () during the failure operating condition.