ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,069, issued on June 23, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Use of dynamic pressure to control fluid bleed system" was invented by Christopher Chapanar (Massillon, Ohio), Kyle Nelson (Delaware, Ohio) and Antonio Eduardo Mogro Zambrano (Puebla, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for an electric vehicle including a gearbox having rotating components supported in a gearbox portion of the housing, an oil circuit in fluid communication with the gearbox portion of the housing for circulating oil in response to dynamic pressure generated by the rotating components of the gearbox wh...