US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 28 for "Wheel cover apparatus, vehicle having a wheel cover apparatus and method for operating such a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,320, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Wheel cover apparatus, vehicle having a wheel cover apparatus and method for operating such a vehicle" was invented by Jurij Jecmenjak-Urban (Garching bei Munich, Germany), Andreas Mayer (Munich) and Ludwig Seethaler (Erdweg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel cover apparatus for a vehicle includes an upper planar section for at least partially covering the wheel outer side of a steerable wheel, a lower planar section for at least partially covering the wheel outer side of the steerable wheel, an adjustment device for adjusting a position and/o...