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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 30, 1996
Stefan Armbruster, Essen, DE;
Bettina Gottwald nee Heinze, Velbert, DE;
Achim Jahrsetz, Velbert, DE;
Wilfried Ostermann, Essen, DE;
Thomas Schonenberg, Leverkusen, DE;
Fred Welskopf, Herne, DE;
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
An electrical control system for an automotive vehicle can be switched to a service facility operating mode in which locks for the glove compartment, a storage console and the trunk can be inactivated in their closed position while other electrically-operated vehicle locks remain operable by actuators of the control system to prevent access to personal belongings by service personnel. Restoration to the normal operating mode can be effected automatically upon lapse of a time period programmed into the central unit.