The invention relates to a locking device, in particular for a door or the like of a vehicle, according to the features of the preamble of patent claim 1.
DE 197 39 340.3 discloses a locking device which is used, in particular, for a door, a trunk lid or a tailgate or the like of a vehicle. Here, an actuating drive is provided, which transmits its movement, via a transmission element, to an element of the locking device, various functional positions of the locking device, such as a theft protection position, central locking position, etc., being set, depending on the movement of the actuating drive. Although DE 197 39 340.3 describes the operative connection of the actuating drive to the element of the locking device via the transmission element, no indications as to the activation of the actuating drive or transmission element and as to the detection of their positions can be gathered from this patent application.
The object on which the invention is based, therefore, is to provide a locking device which specifies not only the implementation of the functional positions, but also the activation of the actuating drive and the execution of activation.