US 12,421,769 B2
Control assembly for operating a motor vehicle locking system
Florian Pohl, Ebersdorf (DE); Alexander Müller, Bischberg (DE); Mehdi Jaouhari, Bamberg (DE); and Rene Bekendam, Remscheid (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/924,749
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
PCT Filed May 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/062273
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/228741, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 112 943.2 (DE), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0318474 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 21/00 (2006.01); E05B 81/04 (2014.01); E05B 81/64 (2014.01); E05B 81/82 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/04 (2013.01) [E05B 81/64 (2013.01); E05B 81/82 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control assembly for operating a motor vehicle locking system, the motor vehicle locking system including an electric drive provided with an electric drive motor configured to perform a motorized locking function for an adjustable closing element of a motor vehicle, the control assembly comprising:
a chargeable energy store;
a control circuit configured to control the electric drive during an adjustment routine, the control circuit is configured to be electrically disconnected from the chargeable energy store of the control assembly, and, in an emergency operating mode, in response to receiving an operating signal, the control assembly is configured to connect the chargeable energy store to the control circuit to provide electrical energy for the adjustment routine;
a monitoring assembly configured to monitor a state of charge variable of the chargeable energy store during a monitoring routine; and
a trigger circuit configured to, responsive to a predefined trigger criterion being satisfied, connect the chargeable energy store to the monitoring assembly to provide the electrical energy for the monitoring routine.