ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,377, issued on May 5, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Device and method for the adaptation of an actuating threshold of a braking element of a brake-by-wire brake of a motor vehicle" was invented by Florian Huelsmann (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the adaptation of an actuating threshold of a braking element of a brake-by-wire brake of a motor vehicle determines initiation of a braking torque of the brake-by-wire brake at a predetermined actuating travel of the braking element. A control unit regulates the brake-by-wire brake, wherein the actuating travel of the braking element is sensed cont...