ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,770, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotating electric machine system, and combined power system equipped therewith" was invented by Manabu Yazaki (Wako, Japan), Tatsuya Choji (Wako, Japan) and Naoki Ito (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating electric machine housing of a rotating electric machine system supports a rotating shaft via a first bearing and a second bearing. A housing internal oil passage is formed inside the rotating electric machine housing. A gas supplied from a gas supplying device flows in the rotating electric machine housing. The gas flows in a first direction from t...