ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,564, issued on July 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and control device for operating a roadbound all-wheel vehicle" was invented by Florian Schnappauf (Hattenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for operating a roadbound all-wheel vehicle having a first electric drive motor assigned to a primary axle and a second electric drive motor assigned to a secondary axle, including a control unit configured such that, when a defined dynamic driving mode of the driver is identified based on the driver request gradient during a operating mode with the first motor activated and the second...