ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,609, issued on March 31, was assigned to KIEKERT AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Electromotive drive unit for motor vehicle applications" was invented by Frank Kunst (Ludinghausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor drive unit for motor vehicle applications, which is equipped with an electric motor having an output shaft substantially circular in cross-section and with a drive element mounted on the output shaft, preferably made of plastic. The output shaft engages a receiving hole of the drive element defining at least one vent hole. According to the invention, the output shaft has, in one variant, at least in th...