ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,702, issued on June 16, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Electronically controlled cruise control system for motor vehicles" was invented by Jonas Mayr (Munich), Benjamin Reicherzer (Karlsfeld, Germany) and Florian Schmitt (Gilching, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronically controlled cruise control system for motor vehicles, in which during a first closed-loop control operation the vehicle speed is set to a predetermined speed and/or during a second closed-loop control operation, whilst a desired distance from a vehicle in front is maintained, the speed is subjected to open- or closed-loop contr...