US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) on Nov. 11 for "Method for operating a motor vehicle drive train and electronic control unit for carrying out said method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,388, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) (Munich).

"Method for operating a motor vehicle drive train and electronic control unit for carrying out said method" was invented by Roland Neubaur (Vilgertshofen, Germany), Florian Hannemann (GaiBach, Germany), Markus Pfisterer (Puchheim, Germany) and Wolfgang Fickler (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a drive train having a starting component between an electric machine and an output shaft of a transmission, and a separating clutch between an internal combustion engine and the el...