ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,474, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric drive unit having a fluid jacket" was invented by Maximilian Podschwadt (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive unit including a housing that includes an outer wall and a bearing shield that extends radially inboard from the outer wall, a stator disposed within the housing radially inboard of the outer wall, and a stator carrier having a first portion positioned radially between the stator and the outer wall and extending along the stator and a second portion that extends radially inboard from the f...