EP1181425B1 - Electronic key for motor vehicle - Google Patents

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EP1181425B1
EP1181425B1 EP00935055A EP00935055A EP1181425B1 EP 1181425 B1 EP1181425 B1 EP 1181425B1 EP 00935055 A EP00935055 A EP 00935055A EP 00935055 A EP00935055 A EP 00935055A EP 1181425 B1 EP1181425 B1 EP 1181425B1
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Frédéric Chaillie
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05BLOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B19/00Keys; Accessories therefor
    • E05B19/0082Keys or shanks being removably stored in a larger object, e.g. a remote control or a key fob
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45CPURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/32Bags or wallets for holding keys
    • A45C11/324Bags or wallets for holding keys with pivoting keys
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45CPURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS
    • A45C11/00Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00
    • A45C11/32Bags or wallets for holding keys
    • A45C11/325Spare-key holders
    • A45C11/326Card-like holders
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05BLOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B19/00Keys; Accessories therefor
    • E05B19/04Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank
    • E05B19/043Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank the shank being pivotably mounted on the bow, e.g. for storage
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07CTIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00944Details of construction or manufacture
    • GPHYSICS
    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07CTIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C9/00944Details of construction or manufacture
    • G07C2009/00952Electronic keys comprising a mechanical key within their housing, e.g. extractable or retractable emergency key
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    • Y10T70/5889For automotive vehicles
    • Y10T70/5973Remote control
    • Y10T70/5978With switch
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    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the present invention relates to an electronic key for a vehicle automobile. More particularly, it is a smart key called “smart key "does not require a bit to control the locking / unlocking opening of a vehicle.
  • the opening of a vehicle consists of all parts movable allowing access to the interior of the vehicle or under its hood. So, he may as well be the doors of a vehicle, the trunk, the roof opening, hood, windows etc., ...
  • Such electronic keys do not require any cooperation between a bit and a lock to work.
  • the vehicle could even. to be free from any mechanical lock.
  • it is necessary to provide a means of mechanical access to use in case the electronic key is defective.
  • This insert is usually made of metal (but not exclusively) and has a small width. For some users, this width is insufficient to be able to correctly apply a torque of rotational force and driving the insert around its longitudinal axis.
  • the object of the present invention is to use an insert without overmolding (to reduce the manufacturing cost and the bulk), while providing the user with a sufficient support surface so that he can apply a force torque to drive the insert in rotation around its longitudinal axis.
  • the present invention relates to an electronic key for Motor vehicle according to claim 1.
  • the insert compartment is provided within or edge of the electronic housing so that the electronic housing constitutes a support surface for the fingers of a user able to allow the application of a force torque to the insert so as to drive it easily into rotation about its longitudinal axis when the insert is in the active position.
  • a key electronics 10 is generally under the shape of a parallelepiped flattened rectangle (credit card format for example).
  • the insert 13 In the rest position, the insert 13 is housed inside its housing 11 and does not exceed the electronic key 10 ( Figure 1). When the map electronics works properly and that it is not necessary to use the insert, it is in this rest position.
  • Recesses 16 are made conventionally on the insert 13 and are adapted to cooperate with holding means 15 provided on the compartment 11. The cooperation of these two elements makes it possible firmly insert the insert inside the compartment 11.
  • the user inserts bit 13 into the compartment 11 by turning 180 degrees this bit.
  • the same retaining means 15 then cooperate with the same recesses 16 to ensure firm hold of the gripping zone 18 of the insert in the compartment 11.
  • the recess 16 used is that which is the opposite of the one used in the rest position since the bit (insert) has been turned from 180 °.
  • the embodiment of the insert compartment on the side key makes it possible to constitute for the fingers of the user a support area no longer limited to the only width of the insert but spread over the entire surface of the key.
  • housing electronic device is a sufficient support surface for the user allow to easily exert on this surface a torque of force (of force type torsion) adapted to rotate the insert along its longitudinal axis L.
  • the insert compartment 11 is made within the electronic housing so that it constitutes a pair of bearing surfaces on either side of the insert compartment to apply a torque of force to rotate the insert 13 around its longitudinal axis L.
  • the pair of bearing surfaces plays the role fins in a wing nut.
  • the insert compartment 11 and the 12 of the electronic card are made by molding in a single room.
  • the present invention is not limited to the mode of described embodiment and encompasses any variant within the reach of those skilled in the art.
  • the means for holding the insert in the compartment 11 can be elastic deformation or not.

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Description

La présente invention concerne une clef électronique pour véhicule automobile. Plus particulièrement, il s'agit d'une clef intelligente dite « smart key » ne nécessitant pas de panneton pour commander le verrouillage /déverrouillage des ouvrants d'un véhicule.The present invention relates to an electronic key for a vehicle automobile. More particularly, it is a smart key called "smart key "does not require a bit to control the locking / unlocking opening of a vehicle.

Les ouvrants d'un véhicule sont constitués par toutes les parties mobiles permettant l'accès à l'intérieur du véhicule ou sous son capot. Ainsi, il peut tout aussi bien s'agir des portières d'un véhicule, que du coffre, du toit ouvrant, du capot, des vitres etc.,...The opening of a vehicle consists of all parts movable allowing access to the interior of the vehicle or under its hood. So, he may as well be the doors of a vehicle, the trunk, the roof opening, hood, windows etc., ...

Il est déjà connu de munir un véhicule de dispositif de télécommande de ses ouvrants. Il peut s'agir de dispositifs (clef électronique) émettant des infra rouges ou des ondes de toute nature pour donner un ordre d'ouverture ou de fermeture à distance.It is already known to provide a vehicle with a remote control device of its opening. It can be devices (electronic key) emitting infra red or waves of any kind to give an order of opening or remote closure.

De telles clefs électroniques ne nécessitent aucune coopération entre un panneton et une serrure pour fonctionner. Le véhicule pourrait même. être exempt de toute serrure mécanique. Cependant, pour des questions de sûreté de fonctionnement, il est nécessaire de prévoir un moyen d'accès mécanique à utiliser dans le cas où la clef électronique serait défaillante.Such electronic keys do not require any cooperation between a bit and a lock to work. The vehicle could even. to be free from any mechanical lock. However, for safety reasons of operation, it is necessary to provide a means of mechanical access to use in case the electronic key is defective.

A cet effet, il est connu de munir les clefs électroniques d'un insert de secours constitué par un panneton mécanique classique. En cas de défaillance de la carte électronique, ce panneton de secours peut être utilisé pour permettre l'ouverture d'un ouvrant.For this purpose, it is known to provide the electronic keys with an insert of relief constituted by a classic mechanical bit. In case of failure of the electronic card, this spare bit can be used to allow the opening of an opening.

Il est déjà connu de glisser cet insert de secours dans la clef électronique elle-même et de le rendre extractible en réalisant des échancrures dans cette clef. Ainsi, il suffit de retirer l'insert de secours de la carte électronique pour ouvrir son véhicule. Néanmoins, pour permettre une bonne prise en main de l'insert, on réalise à ce jour des surmoulages de la partie de cet insert destinée à être tenue par l'utilisateur de manière à ce que celui-ci puisse le tenir facilement en main et puisse le faire tourner autour de son axe longitudinal pour provoquer l'ouverture d'une portière (par exemple).It is already known to slip this spare insert into the key electronics itself and make it extractable by making indentations in this key. Thus, simply remove the spare insert from the electronic card to open his vehicle. Nevertheless, to allow a good grip of the insert, it is realized to date overmoulding of the part of this insert intended to be held by the user so that the user can hold it easily in hand and can rotate it around its longitudinal axis for open a door (for example).

La réalisation de ces surmoulages est onéreuse et augmente le volume de l'insert.The realization of these overmouldings is expensive and increases the volume of the insert.

Cet insert est généralement réalisé en métal (mais pas exclusivement) et présente une faible largeur. Pour certains utilisateurs, cette largeur est insuffisante pour pouvoir appliquer correctement un couple de force de rotation et entraíner l'insert autour de son axe longitudinal.This insert is usually made of metal (but not exclusively) and has a small width. For some users, this width is insufficient to be able to correctly apply a torque of rotational force and driving the insert around its longitudinal axis.

C'est le cas par exemple dans le document DE 44 44 913 concernant un insert de secours pour clef électronique. Cet insert est logé à l'intérieur de la clef électronique lorsqu'il n'est pas utilisé. Il est maintenu à l'intérieur de cette clef par la coopération d'un ergot et d'évidements. Lorsque l'insert est retiré de son logement, il peut être utilisé en tant que substitut de clef. La dimension de la tête de cet insert est cependant insuffisante pour permettre l'application correcte d'un couple de force de rotation. Certains utilisateurs pourraient ainsi avoir du mal à entraíner l'insert en rotation.This is the case, for example, in document DE 44 44 913 concerning an emergency insert for electronic key. This insert is housed inside the electronic key when not in use. It is kept inside this key by the cooperation of a lug and recesses. When the insert is removed from its housing, it can be used as a key substitute. The dimension of head of this insert is however insufficient to allow the correct application a torque of rotational force. Some users could thus have bad to drive the insert in rotation.

Le but de la présente invention est d'utiliser un insert sans surmoulage (pour diminuer le coût de fabrication et l'encombrement), tout en fournissant à l'utilisateur une surface d'appui suffisante pour qu'il puisse appliquer un couple de force permettant d'entraíner l'insert en rotation autour de son axe longitudinal.The object of the present invention is to use an insert without overmolding (to reduce the manufacturing cost and the bulk), while providing the user with a sufficient support surface so that he can apply a force torque to drive the insert in rotation around its longitudinal axis.

A cet effet, la présente invention concerne une clef électronique pour véhicule automobile selon la revendication 1.For this purpose, the present invention relates to an electronic key for Motor vehicle according to claim 1.

Avantageusement, le compartiment d'insert est ménagé au sein ou en bordure du logement électronique de telle sorte que le logement électronique constitue une surface d'appui pour les doigts d'un utilisateur apte à permettre l'application d'un couple de force à l'insert de manière à l'entraíner aisément en rotation autour de son axe longitudinal lorsque l'insert est en position active.Advantageously, the insert compartment is provided within or edge of the electronic housing so that the electronic housing constitutes a support surface for the fingers of a user able to allow the application of a force torque to the insert so as to drive it easily into rotation about its longitudinal axis when the insert is in the active position.

On fournit ainsi un moyen simple de mise en rotation de l'insert qui n'augmente pas l'encombrement de celui-ci et qui ne nécessite pas la réalisation d'un surmoulage, en se servant astucieusement de la clef électronique elle-même pour entraíner en rotation l'insert.This provides a simple means of rotating the insert which does not increase the size of it and does not require the realization of an overmoulding, using cleverly the electronic key itself to rotate the insert.

D'autres objets, caractéristiques et avantages de la présente invention, ressortiront d'ailleurs de la description qui suit, à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en référence aux dessins annexés, dans lesquels :

  • La figure 1 est une vue schématique, partiellement en coupe, d'une clef électronique selon la présente invention, montrant un insert en position de repos, et
  • La figure 2 est une vue semblable à la figure 1 présentant l'insert en position active.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view, partly in section, of an electronic key according to the present invention, showing an insert in the rest position, and
  • Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the insert in the active position.

Selon la forme de réalisation montrée aux figures 1 et 2, une clef électronique 10 selon la présente invention se présente généralement sous la forme d'un parallélépipède rectangle aplati (format carte bancaire par exemple).According to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a key electronics 10 according to the present invention is generally under the shape of a parallelepiped flattened rectangle (credit card format for example).

La clef électronique comporte :

  • un logement 12 pour une carte électronique, la dite carte étant adaptée pour commander électroniquement un dispositif (non représenté) de verrouillage / déverrouillage embarqué dans le véhicule et permettant le verrouillage / déverrouillage des ouvrants du véhicule, et
  • un compartiment 11 d'insert logeant un insert 13 de secours adapté pour verrouiller / déverrouiller mécaniquement les ouvrants d'un véhicule en cas de défaillance de la carte électronique,
The electronic key includes:
  • a housing 12 for an electronic card, said card being adapted to electronically control a device (not shown) for locking / unlocking on board the vehicle and allowing the locking / unlocking of the opening of the vehicle, and
  • an insert compartment 11 housing an emergency insert 13 adapted to mechanically lock / unlock the opening of a vehicle in the event of failure of the electronic card,

En position de repos, l'insert 13 est logé à l'intérieur de son logement 11 et ne dépasse pas de la clef électronique 10 (figure 1). Lorsque la carte électronique fonctionne correctement et qu'il n'est pas nécessaire d'utiliser l'insert, celui-ci se trouve dans cette position de repos.In the rest position, the insert 13 is housed inside its housing 11 and does not exceed the electronic key 10 (Figure 1). When the map electronics works properly and that it is not necessary to use the insert, it is in this rest position.

Des évidements 16 sont réalisés de manière classique sur l'insert 13 et sont adaptés pour coopérer avec des moyens de retenus 15 ménagés sur le compartiment 11. La coopération de ces deux éléments permet de maintenir fermement l'insert à l'intérieur du compartiment 11.Recesses 16 are made conventionally on the insert 13 and are adapted to cooperate with holding means 15 provided on the compartment 11. The cooperation of these two elements makes it possible firmly insert the insert inside the compartment 11.

Lorsque l'utilisateur a besoin de se servir de l'insert 13, il attrape celui-ci par sa zone de préhension 18. Cette zone demeure toujours accessible car des échancrures 17 sont prévues dans la carte électronique à cet effet. Pour faciliter l'extraction de l'insert, l'utilisateur peut également agir sur celui-ci par l'intermédiaire de l'évidement latéral 14.When the user needs to use the insert 13, he catches this one by its gripping zone 18. This zone is still accessible because indentations 17 are provided in the electronic card for this purpose. For facilitate the extraction of the insert, the user can also act on it by through the lateral recess 14.

Une fois sorti de la clef électronique, on peut utiliser l'insert directement en le plaçant dans une serrure et en exerçant sur sa zone de préhension 18 un couple de force de torsion de manière à l'entraíner en rotation autour de son axe longitudinal L (figure 2). Cependant la zone de préhension 18 étant de faible largeur, il peut être difficile d'entraíner ainsi l'insert en rotation.Once out of the electronic key, you can use the insert directly by placing it in a lock and exerting on his zone of gripping 18 a torque of torsion force so as to drive it in rotation around its longitudinal axis L (Figure 2). However the grip zone 18 being of small width, it can be difficult to drive the insert in rotation.

Dans ce cas, l'utilisateur insère le panneton 13 dans le compartiment 11 en retournant de 180° ce panneton. Les mêmes moyens de retenue 15 coopèrent alors avec les mêmes évidements 16 pour assurer le maintien ferme de la zone de préhension 18 de l'insert dans le compartiment 11. Pour être plus exact, en position active, l'évidement 16 utilisé est celui qui se trouve à l'opposé de celui utilisé en position de repos puisque le panneton (insert) a été tourné de 180°.In this case, the user inserts bit 13 into the compartment 11 by turning 180 degrees this bit. The same retaining means 15 then cooperate with the same recesses 16 to ensure firm hold of the gripping zone 18 of the insert in the compartment 11. To be more exact, in active position, the recess 16 used is that which is the opposite of the one used in the rest position since the bit (insert) has been turned from 180 °.

Avantageusement, cela permet de tirer parti de la réalisation des deux évidements 16, qui traditionnellement, sont réalisés de façon symétrique de part et d'autre de l'insert.Advantageously, this makes it possible to take advantage of the realization of both recesses 16, which traditionally are made symmetrically from and other of the insert.

Lorsque l'insert 13 est ainsi bloqué en position active, l'utilisateur l'insère dans la serrure appropriée. When the insert 13 is thus locked in the active position, the user insert it into the appropriate lock.

Avantageusement, la réalisation du compartiment d'insert sur le côté de la clef (comme représenté aux figures 1 et 2) permet de constituer pour les doigts de l'utilisateur une zone d'appui non plus limitée à la seule largeur de l'insert mais répartie sur toute la surface de la clef. Ainsi, le logement électronique constitue pour l'utilisateur une surface d'appui suffisante pour lui permettre d'exercer aisément sur cette surface un couple de force (de type force de torsion) adapté pour entraíner en rotation l'insert selon son axe longitudinal L.Advantageously, the embodiment of the insert compartment on the side key (as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2) makes it possible to constitute for the fingers of the user a support area no longer limited to the only width of the insert but spread over the entire surface of the key. Thus, housing electronic device is a sufficient support surface for the user allow to easily exert on this surface a torque of force (of force type torsion) adapted to rotate the insert along its longitudinal axis L.

En variante (non représentée), le compartiment d'insert 11 est réalisé au sein du logement électronique de telle sorte que celui-ci constitue une paire de surfaces d'appui de part et d'autre du compartiment d'insert permettant d'appliquer un couple de force pour entraíner en rotation l'insert 13 autour de son axe longitudinal L. En quelque sorte, la paire de surfaces d'appui joue le rôle des ailettes dans un écrou à ailettes.In a variant (not shown), the insert compartment 11 is made within the electronic housing so that it constitutes a pair of bearing surfaces on either side of the insert compartment to apply a torque of force to rotate the insert 13 around its longitudinal axis L. In a way, the pair of bearing surfaces plays the role fins in a wing nut.

Avantageusement, on notera que le compartiment d'insert 11 et le logement 12 de la carte électronique sont réalisés par moulage en une seule pièce.Advantageously, it will be noted that the insert compartment 11 and the 12 of the electronic card are made by molding in a single room.

Bien entendu, la présente invention n'est pas limitée au mode de réalisation décrit et englobe toute variante à la portée de l'homme de l'art. Notamment, les moyens de maintien de l'insert dans le compartiment 11 peuvent être à déformation élastique ou non.Of course, the present invention is not limited to the mode of described embodiment and encompasses any variant within the reach of those skilled in the art. In particular, the means for holding the insert in the compartment 11 can be elastic deformation or not.

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  1. Electronic key (10) for an automotive vehicle, said.key being of generally flat parallelepipedal shape and comprising:
    a housing (12) for an electronic card, said card being adapted to control electronically a locking/unlocking device onboard the vehicle and permitting the locking/unlocking of the opening parts of the vehicle, and
    an insert compartment (11) housing an emergency insert (13) adapted to lock/unlock mechanically the opening parts of a vehicle in the event of a malfunction of the electronic card,
    said electronic key being characterised in that the insert (13) is embodied solely as a key blade and is provided with recesses (16) adapted to interwork with retaining means (15) disposed in the insert compartment to hold the insert (13) firmly both in a rest position when the insert is located inside its housing and in an active position when the blade is turned through 180° to enable it to be inserted into a corresponding lock.
  2. Key according to claim 1, characterised in that the insert compartment (11) is provided with indentations (17) adapted to facilitate the withdrawal of the insert from its compartment.
  3. Key according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the insert compartment (11) and the housing (12) of the electronic card are made by moulding as a single piece.
  4. Key according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the insert compartment (11) is positioned along one of the sides of the key in such a way that when the insert is in the active position the electronic housing (12) constitutes a supporting surface for the fingers of a user permitting a torque to be applied in order to rotate the insert about a longitudinal axis (L).
  5. Key according to any one of the claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the insert compartment (11) is disposed within the electronic housing (12) such that the electronic housing constitutes a pair of supporting surfaces on opposite sides of the insert compartment, permitting a torque to be applied in order to rotate the insert about a longitudinal axis (L).
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FR9906791A FR2794161B1 (en) 1999-05-28 1999-05-28 ELECTRONIC KEY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE
PCT/EP2000/004482 WO2000073606A1 (en) 1999-05-28 2000-05-17 Electronic key for motor vehicle

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