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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2020
Daimler Ag, Stuttgart, DE;
Tobias Konrad, Böblingen, DE;
Martin Lindmayer, Sulz, DE;
MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle locking device for a vehicle door includes a door lock that can be released electrically released and, parallel thereto, mechanically released via a mechanical operative connection to a first actuatable door handle. A coupling is arranged in the mechanical operative connection between the door handle and the door lock, which coupling can be engaged and disengaged via a coupling motor. A control unit is connected to a crash sensor for detecting an accident. In the normal operating state, the coupling is always in the disengaged state irrespective of opening requirements and, in addition to the coupling motor, can be engaged and disengaged by an electromagnetic actuating device that engages the coupling when the power is switched off. A first timer can be triggered by the signal of the crash sensor, such that the control unit, after the first timer elapses after receiving a crash signal, activates the coupling motor to engage the coupling. Accordingly, the mechanical active connection between the door handle and the lock is always disengaged, except in an accident situation.