ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,408, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Control device and method for transmitting control commands" was invented by Fabian Hehl (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device a functional zone of a motor vehicle includes a uniform communication interface, and controls at least one functional unit of a plurality of functional units in the functional zone. The control device establishes a uniform communication link to at least one functional unit in the functional zone via the uniform communication interface, and to transmits control commands for controlling the functional unit to the fu...