ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,899, issued on July 29, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and apparatus for controlling an electric machine during a recuperation process" was invented by Werner Foag (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for operating an electric machine of a vehicle during a recuperation process is provided. The vehicle includes a first electric machine which is coupled to a first axle of the vehicle, and a second electric machine which can be coupled to a second axle of the vehicle. The apparatus is configured to determine, on the basis of sensor data from one or more sensors in the vehicle, whether the se...