ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,289, issued on March 17, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Method and device for authenticating a motor vehicle at a hydrogen fuel pump" was invented by Iulian Maga (Ludwigsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for authenticating a motor vehicle (13) at a hydrogen fuel pump (11), characterized by the following features: the motor vehicle (13) is identified based on an identifier fitted in the interior (14) of the motor vehicle (13). a key is retrieved from the motor vehicle (13) by the mobile phone (12) via a radio link, the key is transferred to the hydrogen fuel pump (11) by means of an NFC tra...