US Patent Issued to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP on Jan. 20 for "Method for unlocking a motor vehicle and for enabling an engine start of a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,332, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method for unlocking a motor vehicle and for enabling an engine start of a motor vehicle" was invented by Konrad Betz (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for unlocking and enabling an engine start a motor vehicle using a vehicle key involves the motor vehicle having at least one outer node for wireless connection with the vehicle key outside an interior of the motor vehicle, at least one inner node for wireless connection with the vehicle key inside the interior of the motor vehicle, and a control system. The method involves ...