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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Kiekert Ag, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Inventors:
Thorsten Bendel, Oberhausen, DE;
Thorsten Nottebaum, Mühltal, DE;
Assignee:
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 81/66 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 17/10 (2006.01); E05B 81/54 (2014.01); B60Q 3/267 (2017.01); F21W 111/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 81/66 (2013.01); B60Q 3/267 (2017.02); E05B 17/10 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/54 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/854 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/106 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/512 (2013.01); F21W 2111/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a motor vehicle locking mechanism and to a motor vehicle locking mechanism, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a control unit, at least one electric drive that can be controlled by the control unit, and at least one illuminant that can be associated with the locking mechanism, the illuminant being controllable in accordance with a status of the locking mechanism and/or of a vehicle component accommodating the locking mechanism, said status being detectable by the control unit, the illuminant being integrated into a switching circuit of the electric drive.