Patent ID: 6756878
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: B60R,G07C

Abstract:
An apparatus for activating and/or deactivating an entry device for a motor vehicle having a locking device, the entry device including a transmitter that is portable and a receiver that is mounted to the vehicle, wherein the portable transmitter is able to transmit wirelessly a coded information item to be received by the receiver and to be compared by the receiver with a prescribed coded information item, the receiver outputting an actuation signal to the locking device when the two information items match, the locking device including a lock cylinder operable with a key to accomplish a locking and an unlocking of the vehicle, and wherein without interrogation with the entry device operation of the lock cylinder by the key furthermore activates or disables the receiver for reception and/or evaluation of the transmitted coded information item and for outputting the actuation signal.