ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,430, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Expansion tank for a cooling system, as well as a cooling system for an electric traction machine for a motor vehicle" was invented by Stefan Oechslen (Stuttgart, Germany) and Simon Kuebler (Gemmingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expansion tank for a cooling system includes at least one inlet for a coolant oil, a first outlet for the coolant oil, a second outlet for a gas, and a connecting channel between the at least one inlet and the first and second outlets. By a horizontal offset, one of the inlets for the coolant oil and th...