ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,960, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Method of operating a vehicle with at least one X-by-wire system" was invented by Reinhard Grossheim (Abtsgmuend, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle, with at least one X-by-wire system, wherein the vehicle is transferred to a safe operating state within a defined period of time in the event of emergency operation, and wherein a predefined tolerance time interval is specified for the emergency operation, during which the emergency operation can be maintained at a maximum, in particular wi...