ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,253, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electric machine" was invented by Robin Babian (Baden-Baden, Germany), Sven Derksen (Offenburg, Germany), Thomas Niesen (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Cedric Blaes (Munchhausen, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine for use within the powertrain of a hybrid or fully electric motor vehicle includes a stator and a rotor, said stator and rotor being received in an engine housing. The engine housing has at least one A-bearing shield and at least one B-bearing shield (6) for supporting the rotor relative to the engine hous...