US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on July 21 for "Axially securing a shaft component of an electric machine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,260, issued on July 21, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Axially securing a shaft component of an electric machine" was invented by Julian Umlandt (Bischweier, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft system includes a shaft having a first shaft portion. The first shaft portion has a profile which is formed in the radial direction, extends in the axial direction, has a constant cross-section in a first region, and is open in the axial direction towards a first side of the shaft portion. In a second region of the first shaft portion adjoining the first region, the profile has a tape...