US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on March 31 for "Motor vehicle having a coupling mechanism and a parking lock device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,633, issued on March 31, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Motor vehicle having a coupling mechanism and a parking lock device" was invented by Klaus Zelger (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle includes an electric drive machine and a coupling mechanism for switching between a coupling position, in which the electric drive machine is coupled to a drive wheel of the motor vehicle, and a decoupling position in which the electric drive machine is decoupled from the drive wheel. The motor vehicle further includes a parking lock device which has a parking lock element movable between a...