US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on May 5 for "Drive control system for a motor vehicle operable by electric motor and having a gear selector" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,295, issued on May 5, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Drive control system for a motor vehicle operable by electric motor and having a gear selector" was invented by Florian Schnappauf (Hattenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive control system for a motor vehicle able to be operated by an electric motor and having a drive stage selector, an electronic accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and an electronic control unit that is configured such that a creep function is deactivated when a first alternative automatic drive stage is selected, and that a creep function is activated when a second alternativ...