ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,036, issued on July 29, was assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).
"Method for operating a motor vehicle using an error brake safety system" was invented by Frank Barecke (Wolfsburg, Germany) and Hauke Christian Schlimme (Braunschweig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle that, due to an error in a main brake system of the motor vehicle, is switched by means of a control circuit from a normal mode to an error mode in which a performance of a drive unit of the motor vehicle is reduced, and at least one navigation function of the motor vehicle is activated. The ...