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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Bernhard Sielhorst, Sontra, DE;
Vincent Chevroton, La Wantzenau, FR;
Christophe Pignon, Montebéliard, FR;
Bernhard Sielhorst, Sontra, DE;
Vincent Chevroton, La Wantzenau, FR;
Christophe Pignon, Montebéliard, FR;
Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH, Hagenbach, DE;
Abstract
A closure for a storage compartment of a motor vehicle including an electromagnet having an armature wherein the armature can by moved by excitation of the electromagnet, and wherein a movement of the armature can be transmitted to a locking element which, due to a restoring force of a spring, is in a locked position for the storage compartment when the electromagnet is not energized, a means for generating an electric current for exciting the electromagnet, and means for measuring the electric current flow used for exciting the electromagnet, wherein the means for generating the current are designed to control the electric current such that, after turning on the current after measuring when a maximum current is reached and subsequent dropping below said maximum current, the current is reduced to a predetermined minimum value, wherein the minimum value is such that the armature is held in its position against the spring force acting on the armature.