ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,618, issued on May 26, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric machine with electric connection element" was invented by Stefan Riess (Kaufering, Germany), Michael Menhart (Igling, Germany), Carsten Sonntag (Gauting-Konigswiesen, Germany) and Johann Oswald (Eschenlohe, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine, for an electric drive train in a motor vehicle, includes a rotor rotatably mounted relative to a stator, the stator having a first stator member with a first stator winding arranged within a first chamber, at least part of which is enclosed by a delimiting first ...