ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,223, issued on July 21, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Drive device for a motor vehicle, said drive device comprising a multi-functional closure cover" was invented by Bela Szekely (Gyor, Hungary).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for a motor vehicle. In particular a machine housing in which a lubricant consumer, a lubricant tank and a lubricant pump are arranged. The lubricant pump is fluidically connected on the suction side via a suction channel to the lubricant consumer and on the pressure side via a pressure channel to the lubricant tank and the lubricant tank is fluidically connected to the lubricant...