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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Continental Automotive Technologies Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Jaeho Mun, Gunpo-si, KR;
AUMOVIO Germany GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
Disclosed is a smart key in which an auxiliary key can be inserted and a method of manufacturing the smart key. The smart key for a vehicle comprises a substrate on which components are mounted; a key accommodation unit formed on the substrate, and a housing into which an auxiliary key is capable of being inserted and a plurality of protrusions arranged inside the housing such that the auxiliary key is sandwiched between the plurality of protrusions when the auxiliary key is inserted into the housing; and a case covering the substrate and the key accommodation unit, wherein the housing includes a through-hole configured such that a part of the housing adjacent to the through-hole is capable of flexibly displacing relative to the other parts of the housing to widen a vertical gap in the housing by an external force applied to the auxiliary key.