ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,072, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electric machine" was invented by Stefan Riess (Kaufering, Germany), Michael Menhart (Igling, Germany), Johann Oswald (Eschenlohe, Germany) and Carsten Sonntag (Gauting-Konigswiesen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine for an electric drive train in a motor vehicle including a rotor that is rotatably mounted relative to a stator, the rotor having a rotor shaft with at least one first rotor member which is non-slidably arranged on the rotor shaft for conjoint rotation therewith, the stator having a first stato...