ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,980, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"System unit including a first actuator system and a second actuator system" was invented by Samuel Bubeck (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system unit for an at least semi-automated mobile platform. The system unit includes at least one first actuator system and one second actuator system, which each include at least one auxiliary operating mode and one emergency operating mode. The first actuator system and the second actuator system are each configured and coupled: to switch into an inactive operating mode when a critical error is iden...