Patent 11193580 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on December, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A control element for a vehicle is designed to change between a parking state and a driving state. In the parked state, the control element is designed to enable a driver to switch the vehicle from a parked state to a travel state. The control element also enables the vehicle driver to freely select a gear of the vehicle by changing from a parking state into a drive state.