ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,279, issued on July 21, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Electrified motor vehicle with a central component-specific energy monitoring function" was invented by Pascal Schirmer (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrified motor vehicle with a high-voltage storage device, at least one electric machine, power electronics, a DC/DC converter, and an electronic analysis device to perform a central component-specific energy monitoring function of defined components of a low-voltage onboard electrical system and/or defined components of a high-voltage onboard electrical system. The analysis device is designed ...