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Apparatus and method for transferring data between a fuel providing means and a vehicle for the prevention of misfuelling

  • US 9,650,235 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2014
  • Issued: 05/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for transferring data between a fuel providing means and a vehicle for the prevention of misfuelling, comprising:

  • an RFID tag, adapted to emit a radio signal, disposed on one of the vehicle and the fuel providing means;

    a radio receiving means, disposed on the other one of the vehicle and the fuel providing means, adapted to detect the radio signal emitted by the RFID tag;

    storage means for storing a predetermined radio signal;

    determining means for comparing the detected radio signal with the predetermined radio signal and determining a correspondence; and

    an alarm unit, wherein the alarm unit is adapted to generate a warning signal on the basis of the correspondence, wherein the detected radio signal and the predetermined radio signal are each representative of a type of fuel,a switch provided in a holster of the fuel providing means, the switch provided in a power providing circuit that provides power to at least one of the RFID tag and the radio receiving means disposed on the fuel providing means, such that the switch is adapted to control the supply of power to one of the RFID tag and the radio receiving means.

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