EP0658670B1 - Ignition key for motor vehicles - Google Patents

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EP0658670B1
EP0658670B1 EP19940118971 EP94118971A EP0658670B1 EP 0658670 B1 EP0658670 B1 EP 0658670B1 EP 19940118971 EP19940118971 EP 19940118971 EP 94118971 A EP94118971 A EP 94118971A EP 0658670 B1 EP0658670 B1 EP 0658670B1
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Gilbert Vuadens
Claude Jawdoszyn
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B19/00—Keys; Accessories therefor
    • E05B19/04—Construction of the bow or head of the key; Attaching the bow to the shank
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a key.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a key motor vehicle contact of the type comprising a body elongated key with one end connected to a head gripping the key.
  • the ignition key of a motor vehicle has for function of enabling the steering column of the vehicle then switching on the electrical circuit main vehicle in order to establish contact in particular view of starting the internal combustion engine.
  • the key gripping head protrudes in the passenger compartment of the vehicle in an adjacent area lower limbs and pelvis of the conductor, and it constitutes, in the event of an impact, for example in the event of an accident vehicle, a blunt obstacle likely to cause driver injuries and injuries.
  • the invention offers a key, in particular a vehicle ignition key automobile, of the type comprising an elongated key body of which one end is connected to a key gripping head, said end of the key body being connected to the head of gripping by breakable connecting means in the event of impact on the key gripping head, said means of breakable link being constituted by link means removable, the gripping head comprising a housing open in which an end portion of the body is received of key of forms complementary to those of the housing of the gripping head, the end portion of the body of key being resiliently fitted in the head housing gripping in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body, characterized in that the accommodation has a general shape rectangular parallelepiped with one side open and the bottom of which has a groove which receives a rib complementary formed on the transverse end face of the end portion of the key body.
  • the key 10 illustrated in Figure 1 is for essentially consisting of a metal key body 11 of generally elongated shape with the opposite free end 12 at the end of the key (not shown) intended to be introduced into a lock body, has a shape general rectangular parallelepiped extending into a general plane parallel to its large faces 14 and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body 11.
  • the key 10 also includes a gripping head 16 which, in the embodiment illustrated in the figures, consists of a remote control unit of a centralized system for opening and closing doors and doors of a motor vehicle.
  • the housing forming the head of grip 16 ( Figures 4 and 5) is essentially made up by two plastic half-housings 18 and 20 connected between them according to a median joint plane 22 and which delimit an internal chamber 24 which in particular receives batteries 26, a electronic control circuit 28 and switches 30 controlled by buttons 32 which project into the face upper half of the housing 18.
  • the housing 16 At its front end 34, the housing 16 includes a open housing 36 of generally parallelepiped shape rectangle whose open face with rectangular outline opens in the front end face 34 of the housing 16.
  • the blind housing 36 is delimited by a bottom transverse 38 by two small parallel side faces and opposite 40 and 42 as well as by two large lateral faces parallel and opposite 44 and 46.
  • the large opposite side faces 44 and 46 which, in the mounted position of the key body 11, are parallel in the plane of the large faces 14 of the latter, have each a rounded concave cavity whose axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body 11.
  • the bottom 38 has a groove 48 parallel to the plane general of the key body 11 which is extended by a groove 50 formed in the small lateral face 42.
  • the grooves 48 and 50 are both located in a substantially median plane of the housing 36 which is parallel at the general level of the key body 11.
  • the upper wall 52 whose internal face constitutes the large lateral face 46 of the housing 36 is of reduced thickness.
  • the housing 36 which has just been described in detail is provided to receive the end portion 54 of the body of key 11 which consists of a molded piece of material plastic reported on the latter.
  • the molded body 56 of the part 54 has, in its face rear 58 opposite the housing 36 a receptacle 60 of shape rectangular parallelepiped which receives the shape end complementary 12 to the key body 11.
  • the joining of the part 54 on the key body 11 is secured by means of a transverse pin 64 which crosses the part 54 and the end 12 of the key body 11.
  • This connection can also be produced by overmolding the part 54 on the key 11.
  • the part 54 is delimited by a transverse face end 66 which is substantially planar and perpendicular in the longitudinal direction of the key body 11, in pairs small opposite side faces 68 and 70, and in pairs large opposite side faces 72 and 74.
  • the transverse end face 66 has a rib 76 intended to be received in the groove 48 of the housing 36 while the small side face 68 has a rib 78 which extends the rib 76 and which is provided to be received in the groove 50 of the housing 36.
  • Each of the large lateral faces 72 and 74 comprises a rounded bulge whose axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the key body 11 and which is provided to cooperate with the corresponding cavities formed in the large lateral faces 46 and 44 of the housing 36.
  • This pushing effort has the effect of causing a elastic deformation of the wall 52 of the housing 36 up to what the bulges of the lateral faces 72 and 74 of the part 54 enter the rounded cavities 46 and 44 of the housing 56 to come occupy the mounted position illustrated in Figure 4 in which the ribs 76 and 78 are further in position in grooves 48 and 50.
  • the key body 11 is thus perfectly secured to the head grip 16 and the key can be used as any ignition key.
  • This phenomenon of dislocation thus allows the automatic separation of the gripping head 16 from the key body 11 thus avoiding any injury or bruising for the driver's body.

Description

La présente invention concerne une clef.The present invention relates to a key.

L'invention concerne plus particulièrement une clef de contact de véhicule automobile du type comportant un corps de clef allongé dont une extrémité est reliée à une tête de préhension de la clef.The invention relates more particularly to a key motor vehicle contact of the type comprising a body elongated key with one end connected to a head gripping the key.

La clef de contact d'un véhicule automobile a pour fonction de permettre le déblocage de la colonne de direction du véhicule puis la mise sous tension du circuit électrique principal du véhicule afin notamment d'établir le contact en vue du démarrage du moteur à combustion interne.The ignition key of a motor vehicle has for function of enabling the steering column of the vehicle then switching on the electrical circuit main vehicle in order to establish contact in particular view of starting the internal combustion engine.

En position introduite dans l'ensemble formant antivol et contacteur, la tête de préhension de la clef fait saillie dans l'habitacle du véhicule dans une zone située en regard des membres inférieurs et du bassin du conducteur, et elle constitue, en cas de choc, par exemple en cas d'accident du véhicule, un obstacle contondant susceptible de provoquer des blessures et des lésions au conducteur.In the inserted position in the anti-theft assembly and contactor, the key gripping head protrudes in the passenger compartment of the vehicle in an adjacent area lower limbs and pelvis of the conductor, and it constitutes, in the event of an impact, for example in the event of an accident vehicle, a blunt obstacle likely to cause driver injuries and injuries.

Afin de remédier à cet inconvénient, l'invention propose une clef, notamment une clef de contact de véhicule automobile, du type comportant un corps de clef allongé dont une extrémité est reliée à une tête de préhension de la clef, ladite extrémité du corps de clef étant reliée à la tête de préhension par des moyens de liaison sécables en cas de choc sur la tête de préhension de la clef, lesdits moyens de liaison sécables étant constitués par des moyens de liaison démontables, la tête de préhension comportant un logement ouvert dans lequel est reçue une portion d'extrémité du corps de clef de formes complémentaires de celles du logement de la tête de préhension, la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef étant emboítée élastiquement dans le logement de la tête de préhension selon une direction sensiblement parallèle à la direction longitudinale du corps de clef, caractérisée en ce que le logement présente une forme générale parallélépipédique rectangle dont une face est ouverte et dont le fond comporte une rainure qui reçoit une nervure complémentaire formée sur la face transversale d'extrémité de la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef.In order to remedy this drawback, the invention offers a key, in particular a vehicle ignition key automobile, of the type comprising an elongated key body of which one end is connected to a key gripping head, said end of the key body being connected to the head of gripping by breakable connecting means in the event of impact on the key gripping head, said means of breakable link being constituted by link means removable, the gripping head comprising a housing open in which an end portion of the body is received of key of forms complementary to those of the housing of the gripping head, the end portion of the body of key being resiliently fitted in the head housing gripping in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body, characterized in that the accommodation has a general shape rectangular parallelepiped with one side open and the bottom of which has a groove which receives a rib complementary formed on the transverse end face of the end portion of the key body.

Selon d'autres caractéristiques de l'invention :

  • l'une des faces latérales du logement comporte une rainure qui reçoit une nervure complémentaire parallèle à la direction longitudinale du corps de clef formée sur la face latérale en vis-à-vis de la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef ;
  • les deux rainures s'étendent dans un même plan médian du logement parallèle au plan principal du corps de clef ;
  • les deux nervures sont dans le prolongement l'une de l'autre ;
  • chacune des deux faces latérales parallèles de la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef présente un renflement arrondi dont l'axe est sensiblement perpendiculaire à la direction longitudinale du corps de clef, et chacune des deux faces latérales parallèles en vis-à-vis du logement comporte une cavité arrondie complémentaire ;
  • les renflements sont formés sur les faces latérales de la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef parallèles au plan principal de ce dernier ;
  • une paroi latérale du logement sur la face interne de laquelle est formée une cavité arrondie est déformable élastiquement ;
  • la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef est constituée par une pièce moulée en matière plastique rapportée sur ladite extrémité du corps de clef ;
  • la tête de préhension de la clef est un boítier de commande à distance de l'ouverture et de la fermeture des ouvrants d'un véhicule automobile.
According to other characteristics of the invention:
  • one of the lateral faces of the housing has a groove which receives a complementary rib parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body formed on the lateral face opposite the end portion of the key body;
  • the two grooves extend in the same median plane of the housing parallel to the main plane of the key body;
  • the two ribs are in line with one another;
  • each of the two parallel lateral faces of the end portion of the key body has a rounded bulge whose axis is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the key body, and each of the two parallel lateral faces facing the housing has a complementary rounded cavity;
  • the bulges are formed on the lateral faces of the end portion of the key body parallel to the main plane of the latter;
  • a side wall of the housing on the internal face of which a rounded cavity is formed is elastically deformable;
  • the end portion of the key body is constituted by a molded plastic part attached to said end of the key body;
  • the gripping head of the key is a remote control unit for the opening and closing of the doors of a motor vehicle.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaítront à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre pour la compréhension de laquelle on se reportera aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • La figure 1 est une vue schématique partielle et en perspective éclatée des principaux composants d'une clef réalisée conformément aux enseignements de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue partielle en perspective de la portion de la tête de préhension comportant le logement récepteur de la portion d'extrémité de la clef illustrée à la figure 1 ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective de la portion d'extrémité du corps de clef prévue pour être rapportée sur l'extrémité libre de ce dernier ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue partielle en section selon la ligne 4-4 de la figure 5 de la tête de préhension et de l'extrémité du corps de clef qui lui est associée de manière sécable et démontable ; et
  • la figure 5 est une vue de dessus, avec arrachement partiel, de l'ensemble illustré à la figure 4.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on reading the detailed description which follows for the understanding of which reference will be made to the appended drawings in which:
  • Figure 1 is a partial schematic exploded perspective view of the main components of a key made in accordance with the teachings of the invention;
  • Figure 2 is a partial perspective view of the portion of the gripping head comprising the receiving housing of the end portion of the key illustrated in Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of the end portion of the key body intended to be attached to the free end of the latter;
  • Figure 4 is a partial sectional view along line 4-4 of Figure 5 of the gripping head and the end of the key body associated therewith in a breakable and removable manner; and
  • FIG. 5 is a top view, partially broken away, of the assembly illustrated in FIG. 4.

La clef 10 illustrée sur la figure 1 est pour l'essentiel constituée par un corps de clef métallique 11 de forme générale allongée et dont l'extrémité libre 12, opposée à l'extrémité de la clef (non représentée) prévue pour être introduite dans un corps de verrou, présente une forme générale parallélépipédique rectangle qui s'étend dans un plan général parallèle à ses grandes faces 14 et parallèle à la direction longitudinale du corps de clef 11.The key 10 illustrated in Figure 1 is for essentially consisting of a metal key body 11 of generally elongated shape with the opposite free end 12 at the end of the key (not shown) intended to be introduced into a lock body, has a shape general rectangular parallelepiped extending into a general plane parallel to its large faces 14 and parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body 11.

La clef 10 comporte également une tête de préhension 16 qui, dans le mode de réalisation illustré sur les figures, est constituée par un boítier de commande à distance d'un système centralisé pour l'ouverture et la fermeture des portes et ouvrants d'un véhicule automobile.The key 10 also includes a gripping head 16 which, in the embodiment illustrated in the figures, consists of a remote control unit of a centralized system for opening and closing doors and doors of a motor vehicle.

Selon une conception connue, le boítier formant tête de préhension 16 (figures 4 et 5) est pour l'essentiel constitué par deux demi-boítiers en matière plastique 18 et 20 reliés entre eux selon un plan de joint médian 22 et qui délimitent une chambre interne 24 qui reçoit notamment des piles 26, un circuit électronique de commande 28 et des commutateurs 30 commandés par des boutons 32 qui font saillie dans la face supérieure du demi-boítier 18.According to a known design, the housing forming the head of grip 16 (Figures 4 and 5) is essentially made up by two plastic half-housings 18 and 20 connected between them according to a median joint plane 22 and which delimit an internal chamber 24 which in particular receives batteries 26, a electronic control circuit 28 and switches 30 controlled by buttons 32 which project into the face upper half of the housing 18.

A son extrémité avant 34, le boítier 16 comporte un logement ouvert 36 de forme générale parallélépipédique rectangle dont la face ouverte de contour rectangulaire s'ouvre dans la face d'extrémité avant 34 du boítier 16.At its front end 34, the housing 16 includes a open housing 36 of generally parallelepiped shape rectangle whose open face with rectangular outline opens in the front end face 34 of the housing 16.

Le logement borgne 36 est délimité par un fond transversal 38 par deux petites faces latérales parallèles et opposées 40 et 42 ainsi que par deux grandes faces latérales parallèles et opposées 44 et 46. The blind housing 36 is delimited by a bottom transverse 38 by two small parallel side faces and opposite 40 and 42 as well as by two large lateral faces parallel and opposite 44 and 46.

Comme cela est représenté de manière plus précise sur la figure 4, les grandes faces latérales opposées 44 et 46 qui, en position montée du corps de clef 11, sont parallèles au plan des grandes faces 14 de ce dernier, comportent chacune une cavité concave arrondie dont l'axe est perpendiculaire à la direction longitudinale du corps 11.As shown more precisely on Figure 4, the large opposite side faces 44 and 46 which, in the mounted position of the key body 11, are parallel in the plane of the large faces 14 of the latter, have each a rounded concave cavity whose axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body 11.

Le fond 38 comporte une rainure 48 parallèle au plan général du corps de clef 11 qui se prolonge par une rainure 50 formée dans la petite face latérale 42.The bottom 38 has a groove 48 parallel to the plane general of the key body 11 which is extended by a groove 50 formed in the small lateral face 42.

Les rainures 48 et 50 sont toutes les deux situées dans un plan sensiblement médian du logement 36 qui est parallèle au plan général du corps de clef 11.The grooves 48 and 50 are both located in a substantially median plane of the housing 36 which is parallel at the general level of the key body 11.

Afin de lui conférer une élasticité suffisante, la paroi supérieure 52 dont la face interne constitue la grande face latérale 46 du logement 36 est d'épaisseur réduite.In order to give it sufficient elasticity, the upper wall 52 whose internal face constitutes the large lateral face 46 of the housing 36 is of reduced thickness.

Le logement 36 qui vient d'être décrit en détail est prévu pour recevoir la portion d'extrémité 54 du corps de clef 11 qui est constitué par une pièce moulée en matière plastique rapportée sur ce dernier.The housing 36 which has just been described in detail is provided to receive the end portion 54 of the body of key 11 which consists of a molded piece of material plastic reported on the latter.

Le corps moulé 56 de la pièce 54 comporte, dans sa face arrière 58 opposée au logement 36 un réceptacle 60 de forme parallélélipédique rectangle qui reçoit l'extrémité de forme complémentaire 12 du corps de clef 11.The molded body 56 of the part 54 has, in its face rear 58 opposite the housing 36 a receptacle 60 of shape rectangular parallelepiped which receives the shape end complementary 12 to the key body 11.

Dans l'exemple représenté, la solidarisation de la pièce 54 sur le corps de clef 11 est assurée au moyen d'une goupille transversale 64 qui traverse la pièce 54 et l'extrémité 12 du corps de clef 11. Cette solidarisation peut également être réalisée par surmoulage de la pièce 54 sur la clef 11.In the example shown, the joining of the part 54 on the key body 11 is secured by means of a transverse pin 64 which crosses the part 54 and the end 12 of the key body 11. This connection can also be produced by overmolding the part 54 on the key 11.

La pièce 54 est délimitée par une face transversale d'extrémité 66 qui est sensiblement plane et perpendiculaire à la direction longitudinale du corps de clef 11, par deux petites faces latérales opposées 68 et 70, et par deux grandes faces latérales opposées 72 et 74.The part 54 is delimited by a transverse face end 66 which is substantially planar and perpendicular in the longitudinal direction of the key body 11, in pairs small opposite side faces 68 and 70, and in pairs large opposite side faces 72 and 74.

La face transversale d'extrémité 66 comporte une nervure 76 prévue pour être reçue dans la rainure 48 du logement 36 tandis que la petite face latérale 68 comporte une nervure 78 qui prolonge la nervure 76 et qui est prévue pour être reçue dans la rainure 50 du logement 36.The transverse end face 66 has a rib 76 intended to be received in the groove 48 of the housing 36 while the small side face 68 has a rib 78 which extends the rib 76 and which is provided to be received in the groove 50 of the housing 36.

Chacune des grandes faces latérales 72 et 74 comporte un renflement arrondi dont l'axe est perpendiculaire à la direction longitudinale du corps de clef 11 et qui est prévu pour coopérer avec les cavités correspondantes formées dans les grandes faces latérales 46 et 44 du logement 36.Each of the large lateral faces 72 and 74 comprises a rounded bulge whose axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the key body 11 and which is provided to cooperate with the corresponding cavities formed in the large lateral faces 46 and 44 of the housing 36.

L'assemblage du corps de clef 11 dans le logement 36 de la tête de préhension 16, après avoir assemblé les différents composants de cette dernière, s'effectue en emboítant élastiquement la portion d'extrémité 54 solidaire du corps de clef 11 dans le logement 36 en exerçant un effort de poussée sur le corps de clef 11 selon la direction de la flèche F de la figure 1.The assembly of the key body 11 in the housing 36 of the gripping head 16, after having assembled the various components of the latter, is carried out by fitting elastically the end portion 54 secured to the body of key 11 in the housing 36 by exerting a pushing force on the key body 11 in the direction of the arrow F of Figure 1.

Cet effort de poussée a pour effet de provoquer une déformation élastique de la paroi 52 du logement 36 jusqu'à ce que les renflements des faces latérales 72 et 74 de la pièce 54 pénètrent dans les cavités arrondies 46 et 44 du logement 56 pour venir occuper la position montée illustrée à la figure 4 dans laquelle les nervures 76 et 78 sont en outre en position dans les rainures 48 et 50.This pushing effort has the effect of causing a elastic deformation of the wall 52 of the housing 36 up to what the bulges of the lateral faces 72 and 74 of the part 54 enter the rounded cavities 46 and 44 of the housing 56 to come occupy the mounted position illustrated in Figure 4 in which the ribs 76 and 78 are further in position in grooves 48 and 50.

Dans la position assemblée illustrée à la figure 4, le corps de clef 11 est ainsi parfaitement solidarisé de la tête de préhension 16 et la clef peut être utilisée comme n'importe quelle clef de contact.In the assembled position illustrated in Figure 4, the key body 11 is thus perfectly secured to the head grip 16 and the key can be used as any ignition key.

En cas de choc accidentel sur la tête de préhension 16, lorsque la clef est en position dans le dispositif antivol, il se produit un déboítement automatique de la portion 54 hors du logement 36 qui est favorisé par les formes complémentaires arrondies de la portion 54 et du logement 56.In the event of accidental impact on the gripping head 16, when the key is in position in the anti-theft device, there is an automatic dislocation of the portion 54 outside housing 36 which is favored by the forms complementary rounded portions 54 and housing 56.

Ce phénomène de déboítement permet ainsi la désolidarisation automatique de la tête de préhension 16 du corps de clef 11 évitant ainsi toute blessure ou meurtrissure pour le corps du conducteur.This phenomenon of dislocation thus allows the automatic separation of the gripping head 16 from the key body 11 thus avoiding any injury or bruising for the driver's body.

Après la désolidarisation des deux éléments par déboítement élastique, il est possible de remettre en place la tête de préhension 16 sur l'extrémité du corps de clef 11 en venant à nouveau emboíter élastiquement la pièce d'extrémité 54 dans le logement 36.After the separation of the two elements by elastic dislocation, it is possible to replace the gripping head 16 on the end of the key body 11 by coming again to snap the part end 54 in the housing 36.

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  1. Key (10), notably a motor vehicle ignition key, having an elongate key body (11), one end of which (12, 54) is connected to a gripping head (16) of the key (10), the said end (12, 54) of the key body (11) being connected to the gripping head (16) by connecting means (54, 56) which can be broken in the event of impact on the gripping head (16) of the key (10), the said breakable connecting means consisting of removable connecting means (54, 36), the gripping head (16) having an open housing (36) in which there is received an end portion (54) of the key body (11) with shapes complementary to those of the housing (36) in the gripping head (16), the end portion (54) of the key body (11) being nested elastically in the housing (36) in the gripping head (16) in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body (11), characterised in that the housing (36) has an overall rectangular parallelepipedal shape, one face of which is open and the base (38) of which has a groove (48) which receives a complementary rib (76) formed on the transverse end face (66) of the end portion (54) of the key body (11).
  2. Key according to Claim 1, characterised in that one of the lateral faces (42) of the housing (36) has a groove (50) which receives a complementary rib (78), parallel to the longitudinal direction of the key body (11), formed on the facing lateral face (68) of the end portion (54) of the key body (11).
  3. Key according to Claim 2, characterised in that the two grooves (48, 50) extend in the same mid-plane of the housing (36) parallel to the principal plane of the key body (11, 14).
  4. Key according to Claim 3, characterised in that the two ribs (76, 78) are in line with each other.
  5. Key according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that each of the two parallel lateral faces (72, 74) of the end portion (54) of the key body (11) has a rounded bulge whose axis is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the key body (11), and in that each of the two opposite parallel lateral faces (44, 46) of the housing (36) has a complementary rounded cavity.
  6. Key according to Claim 5 taken in combination with one of Claims 3 or 4, characterised in that the bulges are formed on the lateral faces (72, 74) of the end portion (54) of the key body (11) parallel to the principal plane of the latter (11).
  7. Key according to one of Claims 5 or 6, characterised in that one of the lateral walls of the housing (36) on the internal face (46) of which (52) a rounded cavity is formed is elastically deformable.
  8. Key according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the said end portion (54) of the key body (11) consists of a piece moulded from plastic material (54) attached to the said end (12) of the key body (11).
  9. Key according to any one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the gripping head (16) of the key (10) is a box for the remote electrical control of the opening and closure of the doors of a motor vehicle.
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