US Patent Issued to MARQUARDT on Sept. 1 for "Wireless key for unlocking a vehicle and/or for enabling a function of the vehicle" (German, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,474, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MARQUARDT GMBH (Rietheim-Weilheim, Germany).

"Wireless key for unlocking a vehicle and/or for enabling a function of the vehicle" was invented by Fabian Furtwaengler (Balingen, Germany), Jorg Fischer (Donaueschingen, Germany), Tobias Schweizer (Tuttlingen, Germany), Michael Rosenfelder (Spaichingen, Germany), Roland Moser (MeBstetten, Germany) and Antoine Bacle (Chauray, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless key (1) for unlocking a vehicle and/or for enabling a function of the vehicle. The wireless key (1) has a sensor (10) for motion detection, an evaluation unit (20), and a transce...