US Patent Issued to MAGNA Powertrain on Oct. 27 for "Electric traction drive having an active and a passive coolant/lubricant circuit, and method for operating the traction drive" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,743, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG (Lannach, Austria).

"Electric traction drive having an active and a passive coolant/lubricant circuit, and method for operating the traction drive" was invented by Christoph Gsenger (Graz, Austria) and Wolfgang Schweiger (St. Stefan, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric traction system having an electric machine, a transmission and a common cooling lubricant circuit, wherein an oil sump and at least one oil reservoir are installed. The oil reservoir can be filled both by means of an electric oil pump (1) and by means of oil spray from components of th...