ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,934, issued on July 28, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Transmission comprising an oil-guiding channel component" was invented by Andreas Henn (Aalen, Germany), Benjamin Lukas Mehnert (Schwieberdingen, Germany), Manfred Saretzki (Stuttgart, Germany) and Martin Armbruster (Brackenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission (100) including a transmission gear (107) arranged in a transmission housing (140) and in an oil sump (150). The transmission (100) includes an oil-guiding channel component (1) having a guide channel (2) and an oil collection region (13a) having a drain (15a). During operati...