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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2012
Andreas Heberer, Mainz, DE;
Jeffrey L. Konchan, Romeo, MI (US);
Frank J. Arabia, Jr., Macomb, MI (US);
Matthias Ruehr, Nackenheim, DE;
David T. Proefke, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey James Hoorn, South Lyon, MI (US);
Peter Eduard Schuessler, Hoesbach, DE;
Richard J. Lange, Troy, MI (US);
Andreas Heberer, Mainz, DE;
Jeffrey L. Konchan, Romeo, MI (US);
Frank J. Arabia, Jr., Macomb, MI (US);
Matthias Ruehr, Nackenheim, DE;
David T. Proefke, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey James Hoorn, South Lyon, MI (US);
Peter Eduard Schuessler, Hoesbach, DE;
Richard J. Lange, Troy, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle has a plurality of doors, each secured by a lock, peripheral control units, each connected to one of said locks, for sending a command signal to an actuator of the lock, a central control unit for sending command signals to the actuators of the locks, and an accident detector. If the accident detector has detected an accident, at least one of the actuators is switchable from a central operating mode in which it executes command signals of the central control unit and its associated peripheral control unit into a peripheral operating mode in which it executes only command signals from its peripheral control unit.