US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on June 23 for "Casing for a drive unit, comprising an exhaust ventilation interface, and drive unit" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,066, issued on June 23, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Casing for a drive unit, comprising an exhaust ventilation interface, and drive unit" was invented by Philipp Mattes (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a casing for a drive unit in which an electric motor and/or a transmission can be arranged. An exhaust ventilation interface is provided on/in the casing and has a permeable membrane, a shaft (2) accommodating the membrane. The invention also relates to a drive unit for a motor vehicle, comprising the casing according to the inve...