US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 7 for "Motor vehicle having a coupling mechanism and a parking lock device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,788, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Motor vehicle having a coupling mechanism and a parking lock device" was invented by Richard Baeumler (Munich) and Klaus Zelger (Taufkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising at least one electric drive machine and a coupling mechanism switchable between a coupling position, where the electric drive machine is coupled to a drive wheel so as to transmit torque, and a decoupling position where the electric drive machine is decoupled from the wheel. A parking lock device has a parking lock element movable between a parking lock positi...