ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,457, issued on March 17, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany) and VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Device and method for connecting a stator and a pulse inverter of an electric motor of an at least partially electrically driven motor vehicle as well as motor vehicle with an electric motor" was invented by Andras Csakany (Gvor, Hungary), Marvin Emde (Wabern, Germany), Andreas Lenz (Wolhagen, Germany) and Max Possen (Coburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The described examples may relate to a connection device for electrically conductively connecting a stator and a pulse inverter of an electric motor. The connect...