ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,509, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Generator for a vehicle" was invented by Noah Kee (Rittman, Ohio) and Jai Patel (Wooster, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator includes a housing that defines a housing region and a fluid passage that forms a portion of a fluid circuit and includes an outlet in fluid communication with the housing region, a pump configured to convey fluid along the fluid passage, a bearing disposed about the pump, an alternator having a stator and a rotor disposed within the housing region, and a hub configured to receive torque for rota...