ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,836, issued on April 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for operating a brake system of a vehicle" was invented by Nils Ostgathe (Munich) and Johannes Wagner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a brake system of a vehicle, where the vehicle has an electric machine usable for a regenerative braking of the vehicle and a drive unit usable in an overrun operation for an overrun braking of the vehicle, includes detecting an initiation of deceleration of the vehicle and detecting a driving situation suitable for regeneration. The method further includes initiating the overrun operatio...