US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on June 2 for "Method for the open-loop control of a drive device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,627, issued on June 2, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Method for the open-loop control of a drive device" was invented by Uwe Schraff (Markdorf, Germany), Uwe Griesmeier (Markdorf, Germany), Thomas Hodrius (Weiler-Simmerberg, Germany), Gunter Riess (Eriskirch/Mariabrunn, Germany), Michel Wiemer (Weingarten, Germany), Alexander Jungaberle (Schlier, Germany), Markus Wallner (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Manfred Schenk (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Peter Seidel (Oberteuringen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for open-loop control of a drive device for assisting a vehicle at least intermi...