EP0430732A1 - Vehicle door opening control mechanism, and door fitted therewith - Google Patents

Vehicle door opening control mechanism, and door fitted therewith Download PDF

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EP0430732A1
EP0430732A1 EP90403103A EP90403103A EP0430732A1 EP 0430732 A1 EP0430732 A1 EP 0430732A1 EP 90403103 A EP90403103 A EP 90403103A EP 90403103 A EP90403103 A EP 90403103A EP 0430732 A1 EP0430732 A1 EP 0430732A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/10—Handles
    • E05B85/14—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing
    • E05B85/18—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing a longitudinal grip part being pivoted about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/54—Electrical circuits
    • E05B81/64—Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
    • E05B81/76—Detection of handle operation; Detection of a user approaching a handle; Electrical switching actions performed by door handles
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C9/00—Individual registration on entry or exit
    • G07C9/00174—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys
    • G07C2009/00753—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys
    • G07C2009/00769—Electronically operated locks; Circuits therefor; Nonmechanical keys therefor, e.g. passive or active electrical keys or other data carriers without mechanical keys operated by active electrical keys with data transmission performed by wireless means

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  • the present invention relates to an external control mechanism for opening a door of a motor vehicle, this mechanism being intended to ensure electrically the use of an electric lock associated with the door and comprising, in addition, a mechanical control to ensure the opening of the door in the event of a power failure.
  • the invention also relates to a door comprising such a mechanism.
  • a lock of this type is, moreover, associated with a safety barrel which can be operated by means of a key, this barrel being capable of mechanically ensuring, from outside the vehicle, the locking / unlocking function of the lock. .
  • DE-B-1 093 697 shows a lock fulfilling these functions.
  • the present invention aims to provide a door opening control mechanism capable of achieving all of the above objectives.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a mechanism for controlling the opening of a motor vehicle door on which an electrically controlled lock is arranged, the lock comprising suitable members to ensure, on the one hand, an opening function for which the keeper secured to the body of the vehicle is released from the bolt of the lock, on the other hand, a locking function which inhibits said opening function and, finally, a unlocking function which removes, either electrically or mechanically, the state created by the previous function, the opening function being able to be mechanically or electrically controlled, this mechanism comprising a mobile element that can be actuated by the user, said element controlling in its movement an electric or electronic member, the operation of which triggers the opening function of the lock, the movement of said mobile element controlling, mechanically mechanical connection means which act on the member mechanically ensuring the opening function of the lock and trigger said opening, when the movable element arrives in the vicinity of the end of its travel, characterized in that the movable element comprises a plate capable of pivoting about a fixed axis relative to the door, and that the pivot
  • the electric or electronic member cooperates with a boss carried by the movable element in the vicinity of its pivot axis.
  • the mobile element is placed in a housing, which carries its pivot axis as well as the electrical or electronic member and which is assembled, by its front face, on the vehicle door, the plate flush with the face. front of the housing in its rest position and being brought back elastically to this position, the microswitch being actuated for a pivoting angle of the plate which is small compared to the complete angular travel of the plate in the housing, the housing allowing a gripping manual when the plate is at the end of its angular travel.
  • control mechanism according to the invention makes it possible to reduce the dropouts and to improve the aerodynamics.
  • the pivot axis of the plate causes a pivoting lever disposed outside the housing, a lever which, by a mechanical connection, comes to be assembled with a pivoting bracket of which the axis is carried by the housing, said bracket comprising a fork in which is disposed a first end of an arm ensuring the mechanical operation of a member controlling the opening function of the lock, said arm being able to pivot relative to said member so that its first end escapes out of the fork of the bracket to ensure the disengagement of the connection.
  • the key entry of the lock barrel carried by the housing is on the front face of said housing, the end of the barrel, which is opposite to the key entry, driving, by the barrel rotor, a fork pivoting, the axis of which is carried by the housing and between the two teeth of which is arranged, with play, the arm which connects the lock and the fork; this same arm can be ordered with play by the electric actuator, which ensures the disengagement.
  • control of the lock can be carried out remotely by emission of waves and that of the actuator can be carried out in the same way; one can foresee that the key of the barrel carries two infrared transmitters, one to control the function opening of the lock, this one, for safety reasons, being able to be effective only stopped vehicle, the other to control the function locking / unlocking and declutching / clutching, respectively on the lock and the electric actuator.
  • the electrical or electronic component which is controlled by the movable element which can be actuated by the user can be a microswitch.
  • the present invention also relates to a vehicle door comprising an opening control mechanism as defined above.
  • the housing has a flange 3 which is applied on a rebate provided in the sheet 1 over the entire periphery of the recess which receives the housing.
  • the housing 2 has on its front face 4 a movable element designated by 5 as a whole.
  • the movable element 5 comprises a plate 6 secured to an articulation sleeve 7.
  • the sleeve 7 surrounds an articulation axis 8 which is carried by the housing.
  • the axis 8 is arranged in a vertical plane parallel to the mean plane of the sheet 1 in the attachment zone of the housing.
  • the plate 6 has, on its edge parallel to the axis 8 and furthest from said axis, a rabbet showing a projecting tongue 6 has the side of the housing interior.
  • the plate 6 is elastically pushed by a spring 9 in the direction of its rest position which is that in which the tongue 6 has abuts against the inside of the front face 4 of the housing: in this position, the plate 6 does not have no offset relative to the front face 4 and to the sheet 1.
  • An opening control handle has thus been produced, which fits perfectly into the general shape of the vehicle and which improves the aerodynamic performance of the bodywork. But, in addition, since the box 2 does not have any bulky mechanism, it is possible to make this box so that its thickness is small, which makes it possible to bring the door window towards the outside of the vehicle and which further contributes to the aerodynamic improvement of the bodywork.
  • the user can, by pressing the plate 6, rotate it by a greater or lesser angle as it appears in FIGS. 3 A to 3 C.
  • the maximum pivoting is obtained when the plate 6 comes close to the bottom 10 of the housing.
  • the part of the front face 4 of the housing which initially supported the support of the tongue 6 a is projecting and the user can engage his fingers behind this projection, inside the housing, this which gives it a very strong grip in order to be able to exert a significant traction towards the outside, in the event that the opening of the door would be made very difficult, for example in the case where the door seals would have stuck on the bodywork by the freeze. It can therefore be seen that the device according to the invention makes it possible to ensure opening even in this incident situation.
  • the electric lock 16 can be of any known type. Generally, it includes a bolt in form of fork and a bolt retaining pawl, the keeper which cooperates with such a bolt being fixedly mounted on the vehicle body and constituting a cylindrical projection which penetrates between the two teeth of the fork of the bolt.
  • the opening of the lock 16 is capable of being controlled mechanically by action on a member 17 comprising a return square, member which is capable of translation in a slot 18 of the housing of the lock.
  • the axis 8 of the housing crosses the upper face 19 of said housing and controls, outside the housing, a pivoting lever 20, the end of which is connected to a rod 21 ensuring the mechanical connection with a pivoting bracket 22.
  • the pivot 23 of the pivoting bracket 22 is carried by the bottom 10 of the housing. That of the branches of the bracket 22, which is not connected to the connecting rod 21, is constituted by a fork designated by 24 as a whole.
  • the fork 24 has two parallel teeth, one 24 a being of greater length than the other 24 b , the tooth 24 b being arranged at a level lower than that of the tooth 24 a .
  • the fork 24 provides the mechanical connection with an arm 25, the upper end of which is bent, and penetrates between the two teeth 24 a , 24 b and the lower end of which, also bent, enters the angled return of the member. 17. It can therefore be seen that, according to this arrangement, the arm 25 is capable of pivoting around its lower end so that its upper end escapes the fork 24 when there is a pivoting to the right in FIG. 1 or returns between the teeth of the fork 24 when there is a pivoting in the opposite direction. A mechanical connection has thus been made between the axis 8 and the member 17, a connection which is disengageable according to the orientation that is given to the arm 25.
  • the housing 2 carries on its front face a lock barrel 26, which cooperates with a key 27.
  • the key entry face of the barrel 26 is flush with the front face 4 of the housing 2.
  • the rotor said barrel drives by a pin 28 a pivoting fork 29, the two teeth 30 a , 30 b of which are arranged perpendicular to the bottom 10 of the housing 2, on either side of the arm 25.
  • the spacing between the teeth 30 a , 30 b corresponds to the necessary clearance of the arm 25 so that its end escapes the action of the fork 24, that is to say the tooth 24 b .
  • an actuator 31 which is an electric actuator whose piston 32 can take one or the other of two stable positions.
  • the end of the piston 32 carries a ring 33 which surrounds the arm 25 with sufficient clearance to provide the arm 25 with an angular clearance allowing it to escape the tooth 24 b of the fork 24.
  • the key 27 of the barrel is equipped with two infrared transmitters controlled respectively by the push buttons 34 and 35.
  • the push button 34 sends an infrared emission, which is received by the electronic unit 14, which then generates a signal which it sends by the connection 15 on the lock 16 to cause the opening thereof.
  • the push button 35 sends an infrared emission both to the electronic unit 14 and to the actuator 31.
  • the electronic unit 14 generates a signal which it sends by the connection 15 to the lock 16 and which causes the locking or the unlocking the lock according to whether it is unlocked or locked.
  • the same emission received by the actuator 31 causes the movement of the ring 33 to the right or to the left in FIG. 1 depending on whether the lock was previously in the unlocked or locked state.
  • the lock can again be actuated electrically; on the other hand, the actuator 31 has undergone a reverse movement to that which is previously indicated, which re-establishes the clutch of the mechanical connection between the lever 20 and the member 17 and allows the emergency mechanical opening function .
  • the lock is in the unlocked position, the user need only act on the plate 6 by rotating it as much as shown in FIG. 3 C : in this case, the mechanical connection (20, 21, 22, 24 , 25, 17) causes the opening of the lock.
  • the lock is, on the contrary, in the locked position, in this case, the user introduces his key 27 into the barrel 26 and turns the rotor of said barrel to cause the rotation of the pivoting fork 29 about its axis 28; this rotation is carried out so as to bring the tooth 30 b into contact with the arm 25 to push the end of the arm 25 between the teeth 24 a and 24 b of the fork 24. This thus re-establishes the mechanical connection between the plate 6 and the member 17 which allows the opening of the door.
  • the user wants to renew the lock 16
  • he operates the barrel 26 in the opposite direction to cause the rotation of the pivoting fork 29 in the opposite direction to the previous one; in this movement, the tooth 30 has pushed the arm 25 so that its end escapes the action of the fork 24 which re-establishes the disengagement of the emergency mechanical connection and therefore ensures the locking of the door by a purely mechanical path .
  • This tilting of the arm 25 is possible without action on the actuator 31 given the play that cleans the ring 33 around the arm 25.
  • the barrel 26 is returned to the initial position in order to be able to extract the key, which is carried out without movement for the arm 25 since this return rotation brings back simply tooth 30 b in contact with arm 25.

Abstract

The invention relates to a mechanism for the external control of the opening of a motor-vehicle door. This mechanism comprises a movable element (5) which can pivot in a housing (2), but which, in the position of rest, is in the exact extension of the vehicle body. The element (5), during its pivoting, actuates a microcontact which controls the electrical opening of the lock (16). The element (5) can control the opening of the lock (16) by means of an emergency mechanical connection (20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 17). The emergency mechanical connection is disengaged either by a fork (29), operated by the barrel of the lock, or by an electrical actuator (31). <IMAGE>

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La présente invention a trait à un mécanisme de commande extérieure pour l'ouverture d'une portière de véhicule automobile, ce mécanisme étant destiné à assurer électriquement la mise en oeuvre d'une serrure électrique associée à la portière et comportant, en outre, une commande mécanique permettant d'assurer l'ouverture de la portière en cas de panne électrique. L'invention a trait également à une portière compor­tant un tel mécanisme.The present invention relates to an external control mechanism for opening a door of a motor vehicle, this mechanism being intended to ensure electrically the use of an electric lock associated with the door and comprising, in addition, a mechanical control to ensure the opening of the door in the event of a power failure. The invention also relates to a door comprising such a mechanism.

On sait qu'il est généralement considéré comme souhaitable, notamment pour les véhicules de "haut de gamme", d'assurer l'ouverture des portières d'un véhicule par une serrure à commande électrique. Une telle serrure peut, en effet, être commandée à distance au moyen d'un émetteur d'ondes, notamment d'ondes infrarouges, cette commande à distance pouvant agir sur l'une et/ou l'autre des fonctions d'ouverture et de condamnation/décondamnation de la serrure. Néanmoins en cas de panne électrique sur le véhicule ou en cas de panne sur l'émetteur, il faut pouvoir ouvrir la portière du véhicule et, par conséquent, assurer la fonction de décondamnation, d'une part, et d'ouverture, d'autre part. Une serrure de ce type est, en outre, associée à un barillet de surêté manoeuvrable au moyen d'une clé, ce barillet étant susceptible d'assurer mécaniquement, à partir de l'extérieur du véhicule, la fonction condamnation/décondamnation de la serrure.We know that it is generally considered desirable, in particular for "high-end" vehicles, to ensure the opening of the doors of a vehicle by an electrically controlled lock. Such a lock can, in fact, be controlled remotely by means of a wave emitter, in particular of infrared waves, this remote control being able to act on one and / or the other of the opening functions and locking / unlocking the lock. However, in the event of an electrical breakdown on the vehicle or in the event of a breakdown on the transmitter, it must be possible to open the vehicle door and, therefore, ensure the unlocking function, on the one hand, and the opening, somewhere else. A lock of this type is, moreover, associated with a safety barrel which can be operated by means of a key, this barrel being capable of mechanically ensuring, from outside the vehicle, the locking / unlocking function of the lock. .

DE-B-1 093 697 montre une serrure remplis­sant ces fonctions.DE-B-1 093 697 shows a lock fulfilling these functions.

Il est également connu que l'on désire améliorer les performances aérodynamiques des carros­series de véhicule automobile pour réduire la consom­mation d'énergie due à la pénétration dans l'air des véhicules en déplacement. Cette recherche implique que l'on réduise le plus possible les décrochements dans la forme globale du véhicule et il devient donc souhaitable de pouvoir disposer d'une poignée de portière qui ne fasse aucunement saillie par rapport à la paroi de la portière elle-même et qui ne présente, à l'état de repos, aucun décrochement par rapport à cette paroi. Etant donné que la manoeuvre d'une telle poignée doit être effectuée par la main de l'utilisateur du véhicule, cela implique que la poignée soit formée d'un élément mobile, qui, à l'état de repos, forme une continuité avec la paroi de la portière mais qui soit susceptible d'être déplacé par l'utilisateur pour provoquer la manoeuvre de la ser­rure. Un tel élément mobile doit, en outre, permettre, lorsqu'il est déplacé par l'utilisateur, de tirer la portière manuellement de façon énergique pour que l'on puisse obtenir l'ouverture de ladite portière lorsqu'une circonstance accidentelle, telle que le gel des joints par exemple, rend l'ouverture difficile.It is also known that it is desired to improve the aerodynamic performance of motor vehicle bodies in order to reduce the energy consumption due to the penetration into the air of moving vehicles. This research implies that the dropouts in the overall shape of the vehicle be reduced as much as possible and it therefore becomes desirable to be able to have a door handle which does not protrude in any way with respect to the wall of the door itself and which has, in the idle state, no offset relative to this wall. Since the operation of such a handle must be carried out by the hand of the vehicle user, this implies that the handle is formed of a movable element, which, in the state of rest, forms a continuity with the door wall but which is capable of being moved by the user to cause the lock to operate. Such a movable element must, moreover, allow, when it is moved by the user, to pull the door manually energetically so that one can obtain the opening of said door when an accidental circumstance, such as freezing of the joints, for example, makes opening difficult.

La présente invention a pour but de proposer un mécanisme de commande d'ouverture de portière sus­ceptible d'atteindre à la fois tous les objectifs ci­dessus exposés.The present invention aims to provide a door opening control mechanism capable of achieving all of the above objectives.

La présente invention a donc pour objet un mécanisme de commande d'ouverture d'une portière de véhicule automobile sur laquelle est disposée une ser­rure à commande électrique, la serrure comportant des organes appropriés pour assurer, d'une part, une fonc­tion d'ouverture pour laquelle la gâche solidaire de la caisse du véhicule est libérée du pêne de la ser­rure, d'autre part, une fonction de condamnation qui inhibe ladite fonction d'ouverture et, enfin, une fonction de décondamnation qui supprime, soit élec­triquement soit mécaniquement, l'état créé par la fonction précédente, la fonction d'ouverture pouvant être commandée mécaniquement ou électriquement, ce mécanisme comportant un élément mobile actionnable par l'utilisateur, ledit élément commandant dans son mouvement un organe électrique ou électronique dont la manoeuvre déclenche la fonction ouverture de la ser­rure, le mouvement dudit élément mobile commandant, en outre, mécaniquement des moyens de liaison mécanique qui agissent sur l'organe assurant mécaniquement la fonction d'ouverture de la serrure et déclenchent ladite ouverture, quand l'élément mobile arrive au voisinage de l'extrémité de sa course, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément mobile comporte une platine susceptible de pivoter autour d'un axe fixe par rapport à la portière, et que l'axe de pivotement de la platine est lié mécaniquement à l'organe de la ser­rure, dont la manoeuvre assure la fonction d'ouverture, cette liaison mécanique étant débrayable mécaniquement et/ou électriquement.The present invention therefore relates to a mechanism for controlling the opening of a motor vehicle door on which an electrically controlled lock is arranged, the lock comprising suitable members to ensure, on the one hand, an opening function for which the keeper secured to the body of the vehicle is released from the bolt of the lock, on the other hand, a locking function which inhibits said opening function and, finally, a unlocking function which removes, either electrically or mechanically, the state created by the previous function, the opening function being able to be mechanically or electrically controlled, this mechanism comprising a mobile element that can be actuated by the user, said element controlling in its movement an electric or electronic member, the operation of which triggers the opening function of the lock, the movement of said mobile element controlling, mechanically mechanical connection means which act on the member mechanically ensuring the opening function of the lock and trigger said opening, when the movable element arrives in the vicinity of the end of its travel, characterized in that the movable element comprises a plate capable of pivoting about a fixed axis relative to the door, and that the pivot axis of the plate is mechanically linked to the lock member, the operation of which ensures the opening function , this mechanical connection being disengageable mechanically and / or electrically.

L'organe électrique ou électronique coopère avec un bossage porté par l'élément mobile au voisinage de son axe de pivotement. On peut avan­tageusement prévoir que l'élément mobile soit disposé dans un boîtier, qui porte son axe de pivotement ainsi que l'organe électrique ou électronique et qui est assemblé, par sa face frontale, sur la portière du véhicule, la platine affleurant la face frontale du boîtier dans sa position de repos et étant ramenée élastiquement vers cette position, le microcontact étant actionné pour un angle de pivotement de la pla­tine qui est faible par rapport à la course angulaire complète de la platine dans le boîtier, le boîtier permettant une préhension manuelle quand la platine est en bout de sa course angulaire.The electric or electronic member cooperates with a boss carried by the movable element in the vicinity of its pivot axis. Advantageously, it is possible to provide that the mobile element is placed in a housing, which carries its pivot axis as well as the electrical or electronic member and which is assembled, by its front face, on the vehicle door, the plate flush with the face. front of the housing in its rest position and being brought back elastically to this position, the microswitch being actuated for a pivoting angle of the plate which is small compared to the complete angular travel of the plate in the housing, the housing allowing a gripping manual when the plate is at the end of its angular travel.

Il est clair qu'un tel mécanisme de commande permet d'assurer, par simple appui sur la platine, l'ouverture électrique de la serrure : on a donc réalisé une "poignée sensitive". En outre, pour assurer la sécurité en cas de panne, on a prévu en bout de course de la platine une commande mécanique de l'ouverture ; étant donné que la serrure électrique comporte une fonction condamnation/décondamnation, si la serrure est condamnée électriquement, on assure le débrayage de la liaison mécanique, qui permet l'ouverture de la porte en cas de panne. Le débrayage mécanique de ladite liaison peut être commandé par le rotor d'un barillet de serrure porté par le boîtier. Le débrayage électrique de ladite liaison peut être commandé par un actionneur électrique.It is clear that such a control mechanism ensures, by simple pressing on the plate, the electric opening of the lock: there is therefore realized a "sensitive handle". In addition, to ensure safety in the event of a breakdown, mechanical opening control has been provided at the end of the circuit; given that the electric lock has a lock / unlock function, if the lock is electrically locked, the mechanical link is released, which allows the door to open in the event of a breakdown. The mechanical disengagement of said link can be controlled by the rotor of a lock cylinder carried by the housing. The electrical disengagement of said link can be controlled by an electric actuator.

Le mécanisme de commande, selon l'invention, permet de réduire les décrochements et d'améliorer l'aérodynamisme.The control mechanism according to the invention makes it possible to reduce the dropouts and to improve the aerodynamics.

Selon une réalisation particulière de la liaison débrayable susmentionnée, on prévoit que l'axe de pivotement de la platine entraîne un levier pivo­tant disposé à l'extérieur du boîtier, levier qui, par une liaison mécanique, vient s'assembler avec une équerre pivotante dont l'axe est porté par le boîtier, ladite équerre comportant une fourche dans laquelle est disposée une première extrémité d'un bras assurant la manoeuvre mécanique d un organe commandant la fonc­tion ouverture de la serrure, ledit bras pouvant pivoter par rapport audit organe de façon que sa première extrémité échappe hors de la fourche de l'équerre pour assurer le débrayage de la liaison. De préférence, l'entrée de clé du barillet de serrure portée par le boîtier est sur la face frontale dudit boîtier, l'extrémité du barillet, qui est opposée à l'entrée de clé, entraînant, par le rotor du barillet, une fourchette pivotante, dont l'axe est porté par le boîtier et entre les deux dents de laquelle est disposé, avec du jeu, le bras qui relie la serrure et la fourche ; ce même bras peut être commandé avec du jeu par l'actionneur électrique, qui assure le débrayage.According to a particular embodiment of the above-mentioned disengageable connection, it is provided that the pivot axis of the plate causes a pivoting lever disposed outside the housing, a lever which, by a mechanical connection, comes to be assembled with a pivoting bracket of which the axis is carried by the housing, said bracket comprising a fork in which is disposed a first end of an arm ensuring the mechanical operation of a member controlling the opening function of the lock, said arm being able to pivot relative to said member so that its first end escapes out of the fork of the bracket to ensure the disengagement of the connection. Preferably, the key entry of the lock barrel carried by the housing is on the front face of said housing, the end of the barrel, which is opposite to the key entry, driving, by the barrel rotor, a fork pivoting, the axis of which is carried by the housing and between the two teeth of which is arranged, with play, the arm which connects the lock and the fork; this same arm can be ordered with play by the electric actuator, which ensures the disengagement.

On peut faire en sorte que l'actionneur électrique reçoive une instruction de débrayage lorsque la serrure reçoit une instruction de condamna­tion et, inversement une instruction d'embrayage lorsque la serrure reçoit une instruction de décondamnation.It is possible to ensure that the electric actuator receives a disengaging instruction when the lock receives a locking instruction and, conversely, a clutch instruction when the lock receives a unlocking instruction.

De façon connue, la commande de la serrure peut s'effectuer à distance par une émission d'ondes et celle de l'actionneur peut être effectuée de la même façon ; on peut prévoir que la clé du barillet porte deux émetteurs infrarouges, l'un pour commander la fonction ouverture de la serrure, celle-ci, pour des raisons de sécurité, ne pouvant être effective que véhicule arrêté, l'autre pour commander la fonction condamnation/décondamnation et débrayage/embrayage, respectivement sur la serrure et l'actionneur élec­trique.In known manner, the control of the lock can be carried out remotely by emission of waves and that of the actuator can be carried out in the same way; one can foresee that the key of the barrel carries two infrared transmitters, one to control the function opening of the lock, this one, for safety reasons, being able to be effective only stopped vehicle, the other to control the function locking / unlocking and declutching / clutching, respectively on the lock and the electric actuator.

L'organe électrique ou électronique qui est commandé par l'élément mobile actionnable par l'utilisateur peut être un microcontact.The electrical or electronic component which is controlled by the movable element which can be actuated by the user can be a microswitch.

La présente invention a également pour objet une portière de véhicule comportant un mécanisme de commande d'ouverture tel que ci-dessus défini.The present invention also relates to a vehicle door comprising an opening control mechanism as defined above.

Pour mieux faire comprendre l'objet de l'invention, on va en décrire maintenant, à titre d'exemple purement illustratif et non limitatif, un mode de réalisation représenté sur le dessin annexé.To better understand the object of the invention, we will now describe, by way of purely illustrative and nonlimiting example, an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing.

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  • - la figure 1 représente, en perspective schématique, les différents éléments d'un mécanisme de commande d'ouverture selon l'invention ;
  • - la figure 2 représente une vue en élévation de la face frontale du boîtier du mécanisme, dont les différents éléments sont représentés sur la figure 1 ;
  • - les figures 3A à 3C représentent des coupes selon III-III de la figure 2, la figure 3A mon­trant l'élément mobile dans sa position de repos, la figure 3B montrant l'élément mobile dans la position de commande d'ouverture électrique et la figure 3C montrant l'élément mobile dans la position d'ouverture mécanique de la serrure.
On this drawing :
  • - Figure 1 shows, in schematic perspective, the different elements of an opening control mechanism according to the invention;
  • - Figure 2 shows an elevational view of the front face of the mechanism housing, the different elements of which are shown in the figure 1 ;
  • FIGS. 3A to 3C show sections along III-III of FIG. 2, FIG. 3A showing the movable element in its rest position, FIG. 3B showing the movable element in the electric opening control position and Figure 3C showing the movable member in the mechanical opening position of the lock.

En se référant au dessin, on voit que l'on a désigné par 1 la tôle d'une portière de véhicule auto­mobile et par 2, dans son ensemble, un boîtier en forme de parallélépipède rectangle, qui est assemblé sur la tôle 1 de façon que sa face frontale se trouve exactement dans le prolongement de la tôle 1. Pour ce faire, le boîtier comporte une collerette 3 qui vient en applique sur une feuillure prévue dans la tôle 1 sur toute la périphérie de l'évidement qui reçoit le boîtier.Referring to the drawing, we see that we have designated by 1 the sheet metal of a motor vehicle door and by 2, as a whole, a box in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, which is assembled on the sheet 1 so that its front face is exactly in the extension of the sheet 1. To do this, the housing has a flange 3 which is applied on a rebate provided in the sheet 1 over the entire periphery of the recess which receives the housing.

Le boîtier 2 comporte sur sa face frontale 4 un élément mobile désigné par 5 dans son ensemble. L'élément mobile 5 comporte une platine 6 solidaire d'un manchon d'articulation 7. Le manchon 7 entoure un axe d'articulation 8 qui est porté par le boîtier. Sur le véhicule, l'axe 8 est disposé dans un plan vertical parallèlement au plan moyen de la tôle 1 dans la zone de fixation du boîtier. La platine 6 comporte, sur sa bordure parallèle à l'axe 8 et la plus éloignée dudit axe, une feuillure faisant apparaître une languette débordante 6a du côté de l'intérieur du boîtier. La platine 6 est poussée élastiquement par un ressort 9 en direction de sa position de repos qui est celle dans laquelle la languette 6a vient en appui contre le côté intérieur de la face frontale 4 du boîtier : dans cette position, la platine 6 ne présente aucun décrochement par rapport à la face frontale 4 et à la tôle 1.The housing 2 has on its front face 4 a movable element designated by 5 as a whole. The movable element 5 comprises a plate 6 secured to an articulation sleeve 7. The sleeve 7 surrounds an articulation axis 8 which is carried by the housing. On the vehicle, the axis 8 is arranged in a vertical plane parallel to the mean plane of the sheet 1 in the attachment zone of the housing. The plate 6 has, on its edge parallel to the axis 8 and furthest from said axis, a rabbet showing a projecting tongue 6 has the side of the housing interior. The plate 6 is elastically pushed by a spring 9 in the direction of its rest position which is that in which the tongue 6 has abuts against the inside of the front face 4 of the housing: in this position, the plate 6 does not have no offset relative to the front face 4 and to the sheet 1.

On a donc ainsi réalisé une poignée de com­mande d'ouverture, qui s'intègre parfaitement dans la forme générale du véhicule et qui améliore les perfor­mances aérodynamiques de la carrosserie. Mais, en outre, étant donné que le boîtier 2 ne comporte aucun mécanisme encombrant, il est possible de réaliser ce boîtier de façon que son épaisseur soit faible, ce qui permet de rapprocher la vitre de portière vers l'extérieur du véhicule et ce qui contribue encore à l'amélioration aérodynamique de la carrosserie.An opening control handle has thus been produced, which fits perfectly into the general shape of the vehicle and which improves the aerodynamic performance of the bodywork. But, in addition, since the box 2 does not have any bulky mechanism, it is possible to make this box so that its thickness is small, which makes it possible to bring the door window towards the outside of the vehicle and which further contributes to the aerodynamic improvement of the bodywork.

L'utilisateur peut, en appuyant sur la pla­tine 6, la faire pivoter selon un angle plus ou moins grand comme il apparaît sur les figures 3A à 3C. Le pivotement maximum est obtenu, lorsque la platine 6 arrive à proximité du fond 10 du boîtier. Dans cette position, la partie de la face frontale 4 du boîtier qui supportait initialement l'appui de la languette 6a se trouve en saillie et l'utilisateur peut engager ses doigts en arrière de cette saillie, à l'intérieur du boîtier, ce qui lui donne une prise très forte pour pouvoir exercer une traction importante vers l'extérieur, dans l'hypothèse où l'ouverture de la portière serait rendue très difficile, par exemple dans le cas où les joints de portière auraient collé sur la carrosserie par le gel. On voit donc que le dispositif selon l'invention permet d'assurer l'ouverture même dans cette situation d'incident.The user can, by pressing the plate 6, rotate it by a greater or lesser angle as it appears in FIGS. 3 A to 3 C. The maximum pivoting is obtained when the plate 6 comes close to the bottom 10 of the housing. In this position, the part of the front face 4 of the housing which initially supported the support of the tongue 6 a is projecting and the user can engage his fingers behind this projection, inside the housing, this which gives it a very strong grip in order to be able to exert a significant traction towards the outside, in the event that the opening of the door would be made very difficult, for example in the case where the door seals would have stuck on the bodywork by the freeze. It can therefore be seen that the device according to the invention makes it possible to ensure opening even in this incident situation.

Sur le manchon 7 de l'élément mobile 5, on a ménagé un bossage 11, qui fait saillie par rapport au manchon 7. Ce bossage coopère avec un microcontact 12, qui est relié par une liaison électrique 13 à un boîtier électronique 14 lui-même relié par une connexion électrique 15 à la serrure électrique 16 montée sur la portière, où est installé le boîtier 2. La serrure électrique 16 peut être de n'importe quel type connu. Généralement, elle comporte un pêne en forme de fourche et un cliquet de retenue du pêne, la gâche qui coopère avec un tel pêne étant montée fixe sur la caisse du véhicule et constituant une saillie cylindrique qui pénètre entre les deux dents de la fourche du pêne. L'ouverture de la serrure 16 est sus­ceptible d'être commandée mécaniquement par action sur un organe 17 comportant un retour en équerre, organe qui est susceptible de translation dans une fente 18 du boîtier de la serrure.On the sleeve 7 of the movable element 5, a boss 11 has been provided, which protrudes relative to the sleeve 7. This boss cooperates with a microswitch 12, which is connected by an electrical connection 13 to an electronic unit 14 itself even connected by an electrical connection 15 to the electric lock 16 mounted on the door, where the housing 2 is installed. The electric lock 16 can be of any known type. Generally, it includes a bolt in form of fork and a bolt retaining pawl, the keeper which cooperates with such a bolt being fixedly mounted on the vehicle body and constituting a cylindrical projection which penetrates between the two teeth of the fork of the bolt. The opening of the lock 16 is capable of being controlled mechanically by action on a member 17 comprising a return square, member which is capable of translation in a slot 18 of the housing of the lock.

L'axe 8 du boîtier traverse la face supérieure 19 dudit boîtier et commande, à l'extérieur du boîtier, un levier pivotant 20, dont l'extrémité est reliée à une tige 21 assurant la liaison mécanique avec une équerre pivotante 22. Le pivot 23 de l'équerre pivotante 22 est porté par le fond 10 du boîtier. Celle des branches de l'équerre 22, qui n'est pas reliée à la tige de liaison 21, est constituée par une fourche désignée par 24 dans son ensemble. La fourche 24 comporte deux dents parallèles, l'une 24a étant de plus grande longueur que l'autre 24b, la dent 24b étant disposée à un niveau inférieur à celui de la dent 24a. La fourche 24 assure la liaison mécanique avec un bras 25 dont l'extrémité supérieure est recourbée, et pénètre entre les deux dents 24a, 24b et dont l'extrémité inférieure, également recourbée, pénètre dans le retour en équerre de l'organe 17. On voit donc que, selon ce montage, le bras 25 est sus­ceptible de pivoter autour de son extrémité inférieure de façon que son extrémité supérieure échappe à la fourche 24 lorsqu'il y a un pivotement vers la droite sur la figure 1 ou revienne entre les dents de la fourche 24 lorsqu'il y a un pivotement en sens inverse. On a ainsi réalisé une liaison mécanique entre l'axe 8 et l'organe 17, liaison qui est débrayable selon l'orientation que l'on donne au bras 25.The axis 8 of the housing crosses the upper face 19 of said housing and controls, outside the housing, a pivoting lever 20, the end of which is connected to a rod 21 ensuring the mechanical connection with a pivoting bracket 22. The pivot 23 of the pivoting bracket 22 is carried by the bottom 10 of the housing. That of the branches of the bracket 22, which is not connected to the connecting rod 21, is constituted by a fork designated by 24 as a whole. The fork 24 has two parallel teeth, one 24 a being of greater length than the other 24 b , the tooth 24 b being arranged at a level lower than that of the tooth 24 a . The fork 24 provides the mechanical connection with an arm 25, the upper end of which is bent, and penetrates between the two teeth 24 a , 24 b and the lower end of which, also bent, enters the angled return of the member. 17. It can therefore be seen that, according to this arrangement, the arm 25 is capable of pivoting around its lower end so that its upper end escapes the fork 24 when there is a pivoting to the right in FIG. 1 or returns between the teeth of the fork 24 when there is a pivoting in the opposite direction. A mechanical connection has thus been made between the axis 8 and the member 17, a connection which is disengageable according to the orientation that is given to the arm 25.

Le boîtier 2 porte sur sa face frontale un barillet de serrure 26, qui coopère avec une clé 27. La face d'entrée de clé du barillet 26 affleure la face frontale 4 du boîtier 2. A l'arrière du barillet 26, le rotor dudit barillet entraîne par un axe 28 une fourchette pivotante 29, dont les deux dents 30a, 30b sont disposées perpendiculairement au fond 10 du boîtier 2, de part et d'autre du bras 25. L'écartement entre les dents 30a, 30b correspond au débattement nécessaire du bras 25 pour que son extrémité échappe à l'action de la fourche 24 c'est-à-dire à la dent 24b.The housing 2 carries on its front face a lock barrel 26, which cooperates with a key 27. The key entry face of the barrel 26 is flush with the front face 4 of the housing 2. At the rear of the barrel 26, the rotor said barrel drives by a pin 28 a pivoting fork 29, the two teeth 30 a , 30 b of which are arranged perpendicular to the bottom 10 of the housing 2, on either side of the arm 25. The spacing between the teeth 30 a , 30 b corresponds to the necessary clearance of the arm 25 so that its end escapes the action of the fork 24, that is to say the tooth 24 b .

Au-dessous du boîtier 2 est disposé un actionneur 31, qui est un vérin électrique dont le piston 32 peut prendre l'une ou l'autre de deux posi­tions stables. L'extrémité du piston 32 porte un anneau 33 qui entoure le bras 25 avec un jeu suffisant pour assurer au bras 25 un débattement angulaire lui permettant d'échapper à la dent 24b de la fourche 24.Below the housing 2 is arranged an actuator 31, which is an electric actuator whose piston 32 can take one or the other of two stable positions. The end of the piston 32 carries a ring 33 which surrounds the arm 25 with sufficient clearance to provide the arm 25 with an angular clearance allowing it to escape the tooth 24 b of the fork 24.

La clé 27 du barillet est équipée de deux émetteurs infrarouges commandés respectivement par les boutons-poussoirs 34 et 35. Le bouton-poussoir 34 envoie une émission infrarouge, qui est reçue par le boîtier électronique 14, lequel génère alors un signal qu'il envoie par la connexion 15 sur la serrure 16 pour provoquer l'ouverture de celle-ci. Le bouton-­poussoir 35 envoie une émission infrarouge à la fois sur le boîtier électronique 14 et sur l'actionneur 31. Le boîtier électronique 14 génère un signal qu'il envoie par la connexion 15 sur la serrure 16 et qui provoque la condamnation ou la décondamnation de la serrure suivant qu'elle se trouve décondamnée ou condamnée. La même émission reçue par l'actionneur 31 provoque le déplacement de l'anneau 33 vers la droite ou vers la gauche sur la figure 1 suivant que la ser­rure était préalablement dans l'état décondamné ou condamné.The key 27 of the barrel is equipped with two infrared transmitters controlled respectively by the push buttons 34 and 35. The push button 34 sends an infrared emission, which is received by the electronic unit 14, which then generates a signal which it sends by the connection 15 on the lock 16 to cause the opening thereof. The push button 35 sends an infrared emission both to the electronic unit 14 and to the actuator 31. The electronic unit 14 generates a signal which it sends by the connection 15 to the lock 16 and which causes the locking or the unlocking the lock according to whether it is unlocked or locked. The same emission received by the actuator 31 causes the movement of the ring 33 to the right or to the left in FIG. 1 depending on whether the lock was previously in the unlocked or locked state.

Le fonctionnement du dispositif qui vient d'être décrit est le suivant : lorsque l'utilisateur du véhicule veut ouvrir sa portière, il appuie sur la platine 6 pour en provoquer le pivotement jusque dans la position représentée sur la figure 3B. A ce moment, le microcontact 12 envoie au boîtier électronique 14 une information, qui génère la transmission par la connexion 15 d'un signal provoquant l'ouverture élec­trique de la serrure 16.The operation of the device which has just been described is as follows: when the user of the vehicle wants to open his door, he presses on the plate 6 to cause it to pivot into the position shown in FIG. 3B . At this time, the microswitch 12 sends information to the electronic unit 14, which generates the transmission by connection 15 of a signal causing the electrical opening of the lock 16.

Si l'utilisateur quitte son véhicule, il ferme la portière en la claquant, ce qui met la ser­rure en position fermée. Il appuie ensuite sur le bouton-poussoir 35, ce qui envoie une émission infrarouge sur le boîtier 14. Le boîtier 14 envoie par la connexion 15 un signal, qui met la serrure 16 en position de condamnation. Lorsque l'utilisateur veut à nouveau pénétrer dans son véhicule, il réappuie sur le bouton-poussoir 35 ce qui met la serrure 16 en posi­tion de décondamnation. Il peut alors ou bien ouvrir la portière en agissant manuellement sur la platine 6 ou bien ouvrir la portière en agissant sur le bouton-­poussoir 34.If the user leaves his vehicle, he closes the door by slamming it, which puts the lock in the closed position. He then presses the push-button 35, which sends an infrared emission to the housing 14. The housing 14 sends by the connection 15 a signal, which puts the lock 16 in the locked position. When the user wants to enter his vehicle again, he presses the push-button 35 again, which puts the lock 16 in the unlocked position. He can then either open the door by acting manually on the plate 6 or else open the door by acting on the push button 34.

Lorsque l'utilisateur a mis la serrure 16 en position de condamnation par action sur le bouton-­poussoir 35, l'information de commande électrique de la serrure est annulée par l'intermédiaire du boîtier électronique ; d'autre part, l'actionneur 31 a poussé le bras 25 vers la droite sur la figure 1, ce qui a débrayé la liaison mécanique entre le levier pivotant 20 et l'organe 17 qui permet l'ouverture mécanique de la serrure : de la sorte, même si un intrus agit sur la platine 6 en l'amenant dans la position correspon­dant à la figure 3C, il ne peut y avoir d'ouverture mécanique de la serrure.When the user has put the lock 16 in the locking position by action on the push button 35, the electrical control information of the lock is canceled by means of the electronic unit; on the other hand, the actuator 31 has pushed the arm 25 to the right in FIG. 1, which has disengaged the mechanical connection between the pivoting lever 20 and the member 17 which allows the mechanical opening of the lock: so, even if an intruder acts on the plate 6 by bringing it into the position corresponding to FIG. 3C , there can be no mechanical opening of the lock.

Au moment où l'utilisateur en agissant sur le bouton-poussoir 35 a remis la serrure en position de décondamnation, la serrure peut à nouveau être actionnée électriquement ; d'autre part, l'actionneur 31 a subi un mouvement inverse de celui qui est précédemment indiqué, ce qui rétablit l'embrayage de la liaison mécanique entre le levier 20 et l'organe 17 et permet la fonction d'ouverture mécanique de secours.When the user, acting on the push button 35, has returned the lock to the position unlocking, the lock can again be actuated electrically; on the other hand, the actuator 31 has undergone a reverse movement to that which is previously indicated, which re-establishes the clutch of the mechanical connection between the lever 20 and the member 17 and allows the emergency mechanical opening function .

Dans l'hypothèse où le véhicule ferait l'objet d'une panne électrique, il faut, bien entendu, assurer mécaniquement l'ouverture de la portière.In the event that the vehicle is subject to an electrical failure, it is of course necessary to mechanically ensure the opening of the door.

Si la serrure est en position décondamnée, il suffit à l'utilisateur d'agir sur la platine 6 en la faisant pivoter au maximum comme représenté sur la figure 3C : dans ce cas, la liaison mécanique (20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 17) entraîne l'ouverture de la serrure.If the lock is in the unlocked position, the user need only act on the plate 6 by rotating it as much as shown in FIG. 3 C : in this case, the mechanical connection (20, 21, 22, 24 , 25, 17) causes the opening of the lock.

Si la serrure est, au contraire, en position de condamnation, dans ce cas, l'utilisateur introduit sa clé 27 dans le barillet 26 et fait tourner le rotor dudit barillet pour provoquer la rotation de la four­chette pivotante 29 autour de son axe 28 ; cette rota­tion s'effectue de façon à amener la dent 30b en con­tact avec le bras 25 pour repousser l'extrémité du bras 25 entre les dents 24a et 24b de la fourche 24. On rétablit ainsi la liaison mécanique entre la pla­tine 6 et l'organe 17 ce qui permet l'ouverture de la portière. Si ultérieurement, la panne électrique sub­sistant, l'utilisateur veut recondamner la serrure 16, il manoeuvre le barillet 26 en sens inverse pour pro­voquer la rotation de la fourchette pivotante 29 dans le sens inverse du précédent ; dans ce mouvement, la dent 30a pousse le bras 25 de façon que son extrémité échappe à l'action de la fourche 24 ce qui rétablit le débrayage de la liaison mécanique de secours et assure donc la condamnation de la portière par une voie pure­ment mécanique. Ce basculement du bras 25 est possible sans action sur l'actionneur 31 étant donné le jeu que ménage l'anneau 33 autour du bras 25. Après l'action de condamnation, le barillet 26 est ramené dans la position initiale pour pouvoir extraire la clé, ce qui s'effectue sans mouvement pour le bras 25 étant donné que cette rotation retour ramène simplement la dent 30b en contact avec le bras 25.If the lock is, on the contrary, in the locked position, in this case, the user introduces his key 27 into the barrel 26 and turns the rotor of said barrel to cause the rotation of the pivoting fork 29 about its axis 28; this rotation is carried out so as to bring the tooth 30 b into contact with the arm 25 to push the end of the arm 25 between the teeth 24 a and 24 b of the fork 24. This thus re-establishes the mechanical connection between the plate 6 and the member 17 which allows the opening of the door. If subsequently, with the remaining power failure, the user wants to renew the lock 16, he operates the barrel 26 in the opposite direction to cause the rotation of the pivoting fork 29 in the opposite direction to the previous one; in this movement, the tooth 30 has pushed the arm 25 so that its end escapes the action of the fork 24 which re-establishes the disengagement of the emergency mechanical connection and therefore ensures the locking of the door by a purely mechanical path . This tilting of the arm 25 is possible without action on the actuator 31 given the play that cleans the ring 33 around the arm 25. After the locking action, the barrel 26 is returned to the initial position in order to be able to extract the key, which is carried out without movement for the arm 25 since this return rotation brings back simply tooth 30 b in contact with arm 25.

Lorsque l'actionneur 31 déplace son piston 32 vers la droite sur la figure 1 pour assurer le débrayage de la liaison mécanique de secours au moment où l'on établit électriquement la condamnation de la serrure 16, le mouvement s'effectue sans difficulté en raison du fait que le bras 25 se déplace entre les dents 30a et 30b sans entraîner aucune rotation de la fourchette pivotante 29. En effet au moment où l'embrayage est établi, le bras 25 est au voisinage de la dent 30a et, lorsqu'il est poussé par l'actionneur 31, il vient au voisinage de la dent 30b, ceci pour la position de repos de la fourchette pivotante 29 c'est-à-dire pour la position de repos du rotor du barillet 26.When the actuator 31 moves its piston 32 to the right in FIG. 1 to ensure the disengagement of the emergency mechanical connection at the moment when the lock 16 is electrically established, the movement is carried out without difficulty because the fact that the arm 25 moves between the teeth 30 a and 30 b without causing any rotation of the pivoting fork 29. In fact, when the clutch is established, the arm 25 is in the vicinity of the tooth 30 a and, when it is pushed by the actuator 31, it comes in the vicinity of the tooth 30 b , this for the rest position of the pivoting fork 29, that is to say for the rest position of the rotor of the barrel 26.

Il est bien entendu que le mode de réalisation ci-dessus défini pourra donner lieu à toutes modifications désirables, sans sortir pour cela du cadre de l'invention.It is understood that the embodiment defined above may give rise to any desirable modifications, without thereby departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (13)

1. Mécanisme de commande d'ouverture d'une portière de véhicule automobile sur laquelle est disposée une serrure (16) à commande électrique, la serrure (16) comportant des organes appropriés pour assurer, d'une part, une fonction d'ouverture pour laquelle la gâche solidaire de la caisse du véhicule est libérée du pêne de la serrure, d'autre part, une fonction de condamnation qui inhibe ladite fonction d'ouverture et, enfin, une fonction de décondamnation qui supprime, soit électriquement soit mécaniquement, l'état créé par la fonction précédente, la fonction d'ouverture pouvant être commandée mécaniquement ou électriquement, ce mécanisme comportant un élément mobile (5) actionnable par l'utilisateur, ledit élément (5) commandant dans son mouvement un organe électrique ou électronique (12), dont la manoeuvre déclenche la fonction ouverture de la serrure (16), le mouvement dudit élément mobile (5) commandant, en outre, mécaniquement des moyens de liaison mécanique (20, 21, 22, 24, 25), qui agissent sur l'organe (17) assurant mécaniquement la fonction d'ouverture de la serrure (16) et déclenchent ladite ouverture, quand l'élément mobile (5) arrive au voisinage de l'extrémité de sa course, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément mobile (5) comporte une platine (6) suscep­tible de pivoter autour d'un axe (8) fixe par rapport à la portière, et que l'axe de pivotement (8) de la platine (6) est lié mécaniquement à l'organe (17) de la serrure (16), dont la manoeuvre assure la fonction d'ouverture, cette liaison mécanique étant débrayable mécaniquement et/ou électriquement.1. Mechanism for opening the opening of a door of a motor vehicle on which an electrically controlled lock (16) is arranged, the lock (16) comprising suitable members to ensure, on the one hand, an opening function for which the keeper secured to the body of the vehicle is released from the bolt of the lock, on the other hand, a locking function which inhibits said opening function and, finally, a unlocking function which removes, either electrically or mechanically, the state created by the previous function, the opening function being able to be controlled mechanically or electrically, this mechanism comprising a movable element (5) actuable by the user, said element (5) controlling in its movement an electric or electronic member (12), the operation of which triggers the opening function of the lock (16), the movement of said movable element (5) controlling, moreover, mechanically connecting means n mechanical (20, 21, 22, 24, 25), which act on the member (17) mechanically ensuring the opening function of the lock (16) and trigger said opening, when the movable element (5) arrives in the vicinity of the end of its travel, characterized in that the movable element (5) comprises a plate (6) capable of pivoting about an axis (8) fixed relative to the door, and that the pivot axis (8) of the plate (6) is mechanically linked to the member (17) of the lock (16), the operation of which ensures the opening function, this mechanical connection being disengageable mechanically and / or electrically. 2. Mécanisme selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que l'organe électrique ou électronique (12) coopère avec un bossage (11) porté par l'élément mobile (5) au voisinage de son axe de pivotement (8).2. Mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that the electric or electronic member (12) cooperates with a boss (11) carried by the movable element (5) in the vicinity of its axis of pivot (8). 3. Mécanisme selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par le fait que l'élément mobile (5) est disposé dans un boîtier (2), qui porte son axe de pivotement (8) ainsi que l'organe électrique ou élec­tronique (12) et qui est assemblé par sa face frontale (4) sur la portière du véhicule, la platine (6) affleurant, dans sa position de repos, la face fron­tale (4) du boîtier (2) et étant ramenée élastiquement vers cette position, le microcontact (12) étant actionné pour un angle de pivotement de la platine (6) qui est faible par rapport à la course angulaire complète de la platine (6) dans le boîtier (2), le boîtier (2) permettant une préhension manuelle quand la platine (6) est en bout de sa course angulaire.3. Mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the movable element (5) is arranged in a housing (2), which carries its pivot axis (8) as well as the electrical or electronic member (12 ) and which is assembled by its front face (4) on the vehicle door, the plate (6) flush, in its rest position, the front face (4) of the housing (2) and being brought back resiliently towards this position, the microswitch (12) being actuated for a pivoting angle of the plate (6) which is small compared to the complete angular travel of the plate (6) in the housing (2), the housing (2) allowing manual gripping when the plate (6) is at the end of its angular travel. 4. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que le débrayage mécanique de la liaison est commandé par le rotor d'un barillet (26) de serrure porté par le boîtier (2).4. Mechanism according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mechanical disengagement of the link is controlled by the rotor of a barrel (26) of lock carried by the housing (2). 5. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que le débrayage électrique de la liaison est commandé par un action­neur électrique (31).5. Mechanism according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electrical disengagement of the link is controlled by an electric actuator (31). 6. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que l'axe de pivotement (8) de la platine (6) entraîne un levier pivotant (20) disposé à l'extérieur du boîtier (2), levier qui, par une liaison mécanique, vient s'assembler avec une équerre pivotante (22), dont l'axe (23) est porté par le boîtier (2), ladite équerre (22) comportant une fourche (24) dans laquelle est disposée une première extrémité d'un bras (25) assurant la manoeuvre mécanique de l'organe (17), qui commande mécaniquement la fonction ouverture de la serrure (16), ledit bras (25) pouvant pivoter par rap­port audit organe (17), de façon que sa première extrémité échappe hors de la fourche (24) de l'équerre (22) pour assurer le débrayage de la liaison.6. Mechanism according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pivot axis (8) of the plate (6) drives a pivoting lever (20) disposed outside the housing (2), a lever which , by a mechanical connection, is assembled with a pivoting bracket (22), whose axis (23) is carried by the housing (2), said bracket (22) comprising a fork (24) in which is disposed a first end of an arm (25) ensuring the mechanical operation of the member (17), which mechanically controls the opening function of the lock (16), said arm (25) being able to pivot relative to said member (17), way his first end escapes from the fork (24) of the bracket (22) to disengage the link. 7. Mécanisme selon les revendications 4 et 6 prises simultanément, caractérisé par le fait que l'entrée de clé du barillet (26) de serrure portée par le boîtier (2) est sur la face frontale (4) dudit boîtier (2), l'extrémité du barillet (26), qui est opposée à l'entrée de clé, entraînant, par le rotor du barillet (26), une fourchette pivotante (29), dont l'axe (28) est porté par le boîtier (2) et entre les deux dents (30a, 30b) de laquelle est disposé, avec du jeu, le bras (25), qui relie la serrure (16) et la fourche (24).7. Mechanism according to claims 4 and 6 taken simultaneously, characterized in that the key entry of the barrel (26) of lock carried by the housing (2) is on the front face (4) of said housing (2), the end of the barrel (26), which is opposite to the key entry, driving, by the barrel rotor (26), a pivoting fork (29), whose axis (28) is carried by the housing ( 2) and between the two teeth (30 a , 30 b ) of which is arranged, with play, the arm (25), which connects the lock (16) and the fork (24). 8. Mécanisme selon 1 une des revendications 6 ou 7 prises en combinaison avec la revendication 4, caractérisé par le fait que le bras (25), qui relie la serrure (16) et la fourche (24), est commandé, avec du jeu, par l'actionneur électrique (31), qui assure le débrayage.8. Mechanism according to one of claims 6 or 7 taken in combination with claim 4, characterized in that the arm (25), which connects the lock (16) and the fork (24), is controlled, with play , by the electric actuator (31), which ensures the disengagement. 9. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications 5 ou 8, caractérisé par le fait que l'actionneur élec­trique (31) reçoit une instruction de débrayage lorsque la serrure (16) reçoit une instruction de con­damnation et, inversement, une instruction d'embrayage lorsque la serrure (16) reçoit une instruction de décondamnation.9. Mechanism according to one of claims 5 or 8, characterized in that the electric actuator (31) receives a disengagement instruction when the lock (16) receives a locking instruction and, conversely, a clutch instruction when the lock (16) receives an unlocking instruction. 10. Mécanisme selon la revendication 9, caractérisé par le fait que la commande de la serrure (16) et de l'actionneur (31) s'effectue à distance par une émisson d'ondes.10. Mechanism according to claim 9, characterized in that the control of the lock (16) and of the actuator (31) is carried out remotely by an emission of waves. 11. Mécanisme selon les revendications 9 et 10 prises simultanément, caractérisé par le fait que la clé (27) du barillet (26) porte deux émetteurs infrarouges, l'un pour commander la fonction ouverture de la serrure, l'autre pour commander la fonction de condamnation/décondamnation et débrayage/embrayage respectivement sur la serrure (16) et l'actionneur électrique (31).11. Mechanism according to claims 9 and 10 taken simultaneously, characterized in that the key (27) of the barrel (26) carries two infrared transmitters, one for controlling the opening function of the lock, the other for controlling the lock / unlock and declutch / clutch function respectively on the lock (16) and the electric actuator (31). 12. Mécanisme selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé par le fait que l'organe électrique ou électronique commandé par l'élément mobile (5) actionnable par l'utilisateur est un micro­contact.12. Mechanism according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electric or electronic member controlled by the mobile element (5) actuable by the user is a microswitch. 13. Portière d'un véhicule automobile com­portant un mécanisme de commande d'ouverture selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12.13. Door of a motor vehicle comprising an opening control mechanism according to one of claims 1 to 12.
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