ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,164, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).
"Method for operating a vehicle" was invented by Arne Bartels (Wolfsburg, Germany), Frank Baerecke (Wolfsburg, Germany), Hauke Schlimme (Braunschweig, Germany) and Kilian Foerster (Beilgries, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a vehicle when stopping the vehicle and/or when holding the vehicle at a standstill after a failure in a brake system, for example, a brake-by-wire system of the vehicle. The vehicle can have an electric motor. The method has the steps of: carrying out a deceleration, in particular a regenerative deceleration ...