ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,992, issued on March 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"System for data transmission in a motor vehicle, motor vehicle and method" was invented by Mohamad Chamas (Munich), Florian Brummer (Geisenfeld, Germany) and Helmut Kellermann (Oberschleissheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for data transmission in a motor vehicle includes a central control unit, a first zonal control module, and a first LIN bus. The central control unit includes at least a first LIN master and a second LIN master. The first zonal control module is operably coupled to the central control unit via a first data connection....