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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11414902 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 20, 2019

Device and method for detecting intention to lock or unlock a motor vehicle opening element

Applicant:

Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Hanover, DE;

Inventors:

Gabriel Spick, Toulouse, FR;

Olivier Elie, Toulouse, FR;

Assignee:

VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Regensburg, DE;

Attorney:

Nixon & Vanderhye

Primary Examiner:

Raul J Rios Russo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 35/00 (2006.01); E05B 81/76 (2014.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); H03K 17/95 (2006.01); G01R 27/28 (2006.01); G01R 27/32 (2006.01); G01R 27/02 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H03K 17/97 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 81/77 (2013.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/20 (2013.01); G01R 27/02 (2013.01); G01R 27/2605 (2013.01); G01R 27/28 (2013.01); G01R 27/32 (2013.01); G01R 35/00 (2013.01); G01R 35/005 (2013.01); H03K 17/9537 (2013.01); H03K 2017/9706 (2013.01); H03K 2217/9401 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for detecting a user's intention to lock or unlock a motor vehicle opening element, this device being integrated into a handle, including: an inductive sensor that includes an LC resonant circuit consisting at least of a coil and a main capacitor; a handle target; a microcontroller equipped with a unit for measuring the resonant frequency of the LC resonant circuit; an adjustment device for adjusting the value of the total capacitance of the LC resonant circuit, this adjustment device providing at least two different total capacitance values for the LC resonant circuit.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Spick, Gabriel. (2022). Device and method for detecting intention to lock or unlock a motor vehicle opening element (U.S. Patent No. 11414902). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11414902

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