US 12,460,453 B2
Control assembly for a motor vehicle lock system
Florian Pohl, Ebersdorf (DE); Christian Herrmann, Großheirath (DE); and David Rosales, Rochester Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/797,579
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/052358
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/156221, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 102 890.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0068661 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 81/22 (2014.01); E05B 63/14 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 81/22 (2013.01) [E05B 63/143 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control assembly for use in a motor vehicle lock system provided with a first motor vehicle lock and a second motor vehicle lock each associated with a closure element of a motor vehicle and configured to move to a main locking position, in which a lock latch of the first and second motor vehicle locks engages a locking part to retain the closure element, and an opened position, wherein the motor vehicle lock system includes a sensor assembly configured to determine sensor values indicative of a number of positions of the first and second motor vehicle locks, wherein the first and the second motor vehicle locks each include a closing assembly, wherein the closing assembly of the first and second motor vehicle locks is configured to perform a number of closing processes, in which the closing assembly of the first and second motor vehicle locks act on at least one of the lock latch of the first and second motor vehicle locks and the locking part, wherein the motor vehicle lock system includes at least one electric closing drive configured to operate the closing assemblies, the control assembly configured to:
perform a closing routine to control the at least one closing drive, in response to fulfillment of a starting criterion by the sensor values,
wherein the control assembly is further configured to generate a control specification for each of the number of closing processes according to the sensor values and in accordance with a coordination specification,
wherein a first motor vehicle lock closing process of the number of closing processes and a second motor vehicle lock closing process of the number of closing processes are based on the coordination specification, wherein the closing process of the first motor vehicle lock and the closing process of the second motor vehicle lock are each based on a position of the first motor vehicle lock and on a position of the second motor vehicle lock,
wherein the control assembly is configured to control the at least one closing drive based on the control specifications, and
wherein the starting criterion is fulfilled in response to at least one of the first and second motor vehicle locks reaching a predetermined starting position.