ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,075, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Kessler & Co. GmbH & Co. KG (Abtsgmund, Germany).

"Wheel side" was invented by Gunter Bittlingmaier (Aalen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel side comprises: an electric motor that comprises a stator and a rotor; a drive shaft that is connected to the rotor for a common rotation about an input axis so that a drive power generated by the electric motor can be output to further components of the wheel side via the drive shaft; and a resolver for detecting the angular position of the rotor, wherein the resolver comprises a stationary part and a rotary part and the rotary part of the r...