Patent ID: 9506275
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A lock mechanism comprising: a lock mechanism which holds an opening-and-closing body, which opens and closes an opening in a vehicle body, at a position that closes said opening, said lock mechanism switching between an opening state, a half-latched state and a fully-latched state; an electronic control unit which operates in a microcomputer normal power mode or a microcomputer power-saving mode; and an open-state detector which detects the state of said lock mechanism, wherein said electronic control unit transfers from said microcomputer normal power mode to said microcomputer power-saving mode when said open-state detector detects that said lock mechanism continuously remains at one of said opening state and said half-latched state for a predetermined period of time when operating during said microcomputer normal power mode, and wherein said electronic control unit transfers from said microcomputer power-saving mode to said microcomputer normal power mode in accordance with signals which are received before said lock mechanism changes from one state to another state thereof.