US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Dec. 30 for "Device for activating/deactivating a maneuvering mode of a drive in a hybrid vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,086, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Device for activating/deactivating a maneuvering mode of a drive in a hybrid vehicle" was invented by Johannes Schwarz (Unterschleissheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device activates/deactivates a maneuvering mode of a drive in a hybrid vehicle, wherein the drive has a combustion engine and an electric motor. The device has a detection unit for detecting whether an electronic parking aid is activated, and a switching unit for activating a maneuvering mode if the electronic parking aid is activated, wherein starting of the combustion engine is...