US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 7 for "Method for assisting during a coupling process with a trailer, computing device, and assistance system for a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,517, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for assisting during a coupling process with a trailer, computing device, and assistance system for a vehicle" was invented by Michael Stroebel (Groebenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle during a coupling process with a trailer parked parallel to a road. The method comprises receiving surroundings data from at least one surroundings sensor, and detecting that the trailer is parked parallel to the road. The method further comprises determining at least one coupling position allowing the vehicle to ...