ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,849, issued on March 25, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method and device for active control of vibrations in a vehicle having a plurality of electric machine units" was invented by Jovan Knezevic (Munich), Jean-Baptiste Maurice (Amberg, Germany) and Markus Wadepuhl (Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling vibrations generated by electric machines of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a first electric machine unit for driving a first wheel and a second electric machine unit for driving a second wheel. The device is configured to operate the first electric ma...