ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,617, issued on March 31, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Device for determining a torque in a drivetrain of an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle" was invented by Jurgen Eich (Buhl, Germany) and Bjorn Stehle (Kappelrodeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for determining a torque in a drivetrain of an at least partially electrically operated motor vehicle is provided, having a first electric motor with a first rotor rotatably mounted in at least two rolling bearings spaced in the axial direction. The first rotor is operatively connected to at least a ...