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Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Marcel Ewers, Dachau, DE;

Andreas Pelger, Ismaning, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 5/06 (2013.01); F17C 2221/012 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2250/032 (2013.01); F17C 2250/034 (2013.01); F17C 2250/043 (2013.01); F17C 2250/0439 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0184 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refuelling assistance device that determines one of the following scenarios: (a) that consecutive refuelling operations of a first vehicle at corresponding different fuel stations have taken place without a communication link, and (b) that consecutive refuelling operations at a first fuel station for corresponding different vehicles have taken place without the communication link. In response to determining scenario (a), the control unit causes a communication module of the first vehicle to be checked for establishment of the communication link. In response to determining scenario (b), the control unit causes a communication module of the first fuel station to be checked for establishment of the communication link.


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