ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,294, issued on June 30, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Oil-evacuated electrical machine having rolling bearings, for a motor vehicle" was invented by Alexandre Fischer (Strasbourg, France), Thomas Fritz (Rheinstetten, Germany) and Andreas Keskinoglu (Strasbourg, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical machine (10) for an electrically operable axle of a motor vehicle, having a shaft (12) with an axis of rotation (D), at least one bearing (14), wherein the shaft is rotatably mounted via the at least one bearing, at least one end shield (16), and at least one bearing ring (18)...