Patents by Inventor Daniel MEIDLINGER

Daniel MEIDLINGER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for securely equipping a vehicle with an individual certificate
    Patent number: 12457116
    Abstract: A method involves a vehicle certification authority and a control device certification authority having a respective infrastructure for public keys based on an asymmetric pain of is established. The respective private key remains in the certification authority and the public key is distributed to the participants. The control device has initial cryptographic material by a control device-individual pair of keys being generated for the control device and the identity of the control device and its public key are transmitted to the control device certification authority, after which a control device-individual certificate is generated there for the transmitted data using the private key of the control device certification authority and transmitted back to the control device. The public key of the vehicle certification authority is stored in a tamper-proof manner in the control device. The vehicle identity belonging to the identity of the control device is determined and stored in a tamper-proof manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
    Inventors: Albert Held, Viktor Friesen, Daniel Meidlinger, Matthias Dettling
  • METHOD FOR SECURELY EQUIPPING A VEHICLE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL CERTIFICATE
    Publication number: 20230291574
    Abstract: A method involves a vehicle certification authority and a control device certification authority having a respective infrastructure for public keys based on an asymmetric pair of is established. The respective private key remains in the certification authority and the public key is distributed to the participants. The control device has initial cryptographic material by a control device-individual pair of keys being generated for the control device and the identity of the control device and its public key are transmitted to the control device certification authority, after which a control device-individual certificate is generated there for the transmitted data using the private key of the control device certification authority and transmitted back to the control device. The public key of the vehicle certification authority is stored in a tamper-proof manner in the control device. The vehicle identity belonging to the identity of the control device is determined and stored in a tamper-proof manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Albert HELD, Viktor FRIESEN, Daniel MEIDLINGER, Matthias DETTLING