Patent ID: 6093978
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: E05B,G07C,H01R

Abstract:
A security system for an opening leaf of a motor vehicle of the type in which the opening leaf is held in closed position by a lock which is operated by means of a handle arranged on the outside of a bodywork panel of the opening leaf, of the type in which the security system comprises means for detecting, remotely, by means of an electromagnetic signal, the presence of a user's hand near the handle, and of the type in which the detection means comprise a control circuit and at least one sensor capable of emitting or of receiving the electromagnetic signalwherein the hand-detecting means comprise an internal module which contains the control circuit and is arranged on the inside of the bodywork panel, and an external module comprising at least one casing which extends axially through an opening made in the bodywork panel and bears the sensor, the external module is mounted axially from the outside inward through the opening, and the external and internal modules comprise additional means of electrical connection which allow the sensor to be electrically connected to the control circuit and which automatically come into contact with one another when the two modules are mounted on the opening leaf.