US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on May 27 for "Method for operating a powertrain of a motor vehicle, in particular a car, and motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,917, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for operating a powertrain of a motor vehicle, in particular a car, and motor vehicle" was invented by Uemit Cansever (Holzkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method operates a motor vehicle powertrain having at least one electric machine and an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine has at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder. During a first operating phase, the first cylinder and the second cylinder are activated simultaneously so that during the first operating phase the motor vehicle ...