US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Dec. 16 for "Method and device for checking the position of the gearshift lever of a gearbox of a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,038, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and device for checking the position of the gearshift lever of a gearbox of a vehicle" was invented by Franz Pfleger (Landshut, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method check the position of a gearshift lever for a gearbox of a vehicle. The device is designed to determine first sensor data relating to the length of the selector travel of the selector shaft of the gearbox during at least one upshifting process which is brought about by the driver of the vehicle deflecting the gearshift lever in a first direction. The device is also ...