ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,942, issued on June 9, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric drive unit including a heat exchanger with phase changing material" was invented by Antonio Eduardo Mogro Zambrano (Puebla, Mexico), Diego Alberto Abreu (CDMX, Mexico) and Andrea Lopez (Huejotzingo, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive unit includes an electric motor, and a housing enclosing the electric motor. The housing includes a first wall including an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface is opposite of the inner surface. The electric drive unit further includes a heat exchanger attac...