Patent ID: 6445081
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: E05B

Abstract:
A locking arrangement for a vehicle, having an actuator driving a functional element and intended for setting various functional positions of the locking arrangement, and a position-detecting device formed as a potentiometer (17), for detecting the position of the functional element, wherein the position-detecting device is formed as a preassembled unit, which preassembled unit is connected to the functional element via connecting means, wherein, the potentiometer includes a support body (19) and conductor paths, the unit comprising the potentiometer is arranged on a surface of a printed circuit board (16), which paths are scanned by wipers, the wipers being fastened to wiper carriers (24) of the support body (19), wherein the support body is inserted within an encircling ring into an aperture in the printed circuit board (16), the support body (19), after insertion, being secured to the printed circuit board (16) by a lock washer (28), the lock washer holding the support body (19) on the printed circuit board (16) in an elastic manner and the support body (19) is secured so as to be rotatable but no longer axially movable and therefore the printed circuit board (16) with the support body (19) is a preassembled construction.