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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2024
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Andre Schubert, Wellheim, DE;
Bernd Ellemann, Sachsenheim, DE;
Matthias Hahn, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Abstract
A method for operating a lock arrangement for a motor vehicle, the lock arrangement has a lock which fixes a vehicle flap movably mounted on the motor vehicle in a closed position when the lock is in the locking position, holds it in the closed position when the lock is in the unlocking position or releases it for displacement into a first open position and releases it for displacement into a second open position different from the first open position when the lock is in the release position. The lock is actuated using an actuator by which an actuating element can be displaced. The lock is brought from the locking position to the unlocking position upon a first displacement of the actuating element and from the unlocking position to the release position upon a second displacement of the actuating element.