Patent ID: 8924087

Claim:
A motor vehicle, comprising: a plurality of doors; a plurality of locks that are configured to secure the plurality of doors; at least one personal protection system separate from the plurality of locks; a plurality of actuators, each of the plurality of actuators associated with one of the plurality of locks; a plurality of peripheral control units that are each connected to one lock of the plurality of locks and configured to send a command signal to the one of the plurality of actuators associated with the lock, each of the plurality of peripheral control units including a switch; a central control unit that is configured to send command signals to the plurality of actuators; an acceleration sensor that is configured to detect an accident and generates a signal, the acceleration sensor communicatively coupled to the switch to receive the signal and the switch opens based on the receipt of the signal; and wherein at least one of the plurality of actuators is switchable from a central operating mode in which the at least one of the plurality of actuators executes command signals of the respective one of the plurality of peripheral control units and of the central control unit into a peripheral operating mode in which the at least one of the plurality of actuators executes only the command signals from the associated one of the plurality of peripheral control units based on the receipt of the signal, and the signal from the acceleration sensor activates the at least one personal protection system.