ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,982, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Hannover, Germany) and SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle" was invented by Olivier Frament (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Jens Hoffmann (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Martin Semsch (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Matthias Tons (Munich), Martin Spornraft (Munich), Dragan Stojkovic (Munich) and Vincent Vahee (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an electromotive drive of a motor vehicle. At least one of the motor vehicle wheels can be driven...