US Patent:
20010004233, Jun 21, 2001
Inventors:
Bogdan Suparschi - Troy MI, US
Michel Eychenne - Savigny Le Temple, FR
International Classification:
B60R025/10
Abstract:
1. A security system for a motor vehicle opening leaf, of the type in which the opening leaf is kept in the closed position by a lock which is operated via a handle arranged on the external face of a bodywork panel of the opening leaf, of the type in which the handle comprises a fixed support and a pivoting mobile member for grasping, of the type in which an interrogation device is provided to trigger interrogation for authorization to open or close the vehicle, of the type in which the interrogation device comprises an antenna and comprises switches built into the handle, and of the type in which unlocking interrogation (Id) and locking interrogation (Iv) are brought about by action on two corresponding switches via the handle, wherein the two interrogations (Id, Iv) for unlocking and for locking, are brought about by two switches with no mechanical actuation, the triggering of which is brought about solely by the relative movement of the pivoting mobile member for grasping with respect to the fixed support of the handle.