US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Aug. 26 for "Hill hold function for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of driven axles" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,793, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Hill hold function for a motor vehicle comprising a plurality of driven axles" was invented by Christian Flenker (Baldham, Germany), Jonas Lang (Munich) and Alexander Zech (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating a motor vehicle including a first driven axle, with which a first electric drive unit and a first brake mechanism are associated, and a second driven axle, with which a second electric drive unit and a second brake mechanism are associated, in a hill hold operating mode, in which the brake mechanisms are configured...