Patent ID: 8423241
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. An actuator device for use in a motor vehicle, the actuator device comprising: an actuator; a control unit to control the actuator; a processing unit connected to the control unit for the transmission of actuator setting commands, the control unit being operable to allow control of the actuator by the processing unit as a function of actuation signals transmitted via a connection between the processing unit and the control unit; an external main control device, the external main control device having a first control component and a second control component with the second control unit being operable separately from the first control component; an activation connection that connects the control unit with the first control component of the main control device; and a control connection that connects both the first and second control components of the external main control device to the processing unit with the processing unit being subordinate to the second control component of the main control device and with the processing unit being connected to the control unit to control the actuator according to the actuator setting commands.