US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on July 28 for "Drive unit having a fluid flow path" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,345, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Drive unit having a fluid flow path" was invented by Zachary Gnabah (Massillon, Ohio) and Andrew Derhammer (Wooster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit includes a stator assembly with a stator assembly core having a plurality of teeth that extend from a first end to a second end of the stator assembly core. The teeth have first, second, and third axial extents. The radially inboardmost portions of the first and second axial extents are radially inboard of the radially inboardmost portions of the third axial extent. Th...