Patent ID: 6343494
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking device for doors or the like, in particular of vehicles, having an inside door opener and an outside door handle (12) which can be used to actuate at least one lock for locking the door, wherein only the inside door opener acts mechanically on the lock, and the outside door handle (12) is mechanically uncoupled from the lock, which can be actuated by an actuating drive (18) which is coupled to the outside door handle (12) by an electric control, the control instigating at least the opening command for the lock, when the outside door handle (12) is moved into an opening position, only under at least one defined allowable precondition;said at least one precondition being at least one of detection by the control of an opened state of a central locking system or a detection by the control of an unlocked position of a mechanical locking cylinder or a responding by the control to a radio signal of a remote controller as well as a transponder activated by the radio signal, or a detection by a microswitch with a signaling of the control of an open position of the outside door handle.