Patent 7705713 was granted and assigned to BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A control unit having a microprocessor and at least one electronic memory for storing a program-controlled sequence control for a motor vehicle and a first electronic interface for transmitting the program code of the sequence control from an external data transmission device into the memory and also having a second electronic interface are provided. To prevent manipulation of the contents of the memory, the first electronic interface is irreversibly deactivated after its initial use.