Patent ID: 6239693
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: E05B,G07C

Abstract:
A security system for an opening leaf of a motor vehicle in which the opening leaf is held in the closed position by a lock which a user operates by means of a handle arranged on the outside of a bodywork panel of the opening leaf, the bodywork panel having an opening in an external face, the security system comprising:means for detecting, remotely, by means of an electromagnetic signal, the presence of a user's hand near the handle, the means for detecting comprisinga control circuit,at least one sensor capable of emitting or of receiving the electromagnetic signal,an internal module containing the sensor, said internal module arranged on the inside of the bodywork panel in such a way that the sensor is opposite the opening in the bodywork panel; anda cover blanking the opening in the bodywork panel, the cover made of a material that is transparent to the electromagnetic signal, the cover secured against the external face of the bodywork panel in a sealed fashion with said internal module and forming a substantially continuous plane with the external face of the bodywork panel.