US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Dec. 16 for "Electric drive unit having a fluid flow path" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,475, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric drive unit having a fluid flow path" was invented by David Kinion (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Kyle Nelson (Wadsworth, Ohio) and Christopher Chapanar (Massillon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive unit includes a housing, a motor, a sleeve, first and second seals, and a bearing. The housing defines gearbox and motor housing regions, and first and second channels extending between the gearbox and motor housing regions. The motor is disposed within the motor housing region and has a rotor and a rotor shaft that...