ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,513, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electric machine" was invented by Cedric Blaes (Munchhausen, France), Bruno Muller (Sasbach, Germany) and Thomas Niesen (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine, in particular for use within the powertrain of a hybrid or fully electric motor vehicle, having a stator and a rotor, said stator and rotor being received in an engine housing The engine housing has at least one A-bearing shield and at least one B-bearing shield for supporting the rotor relative to the engine housing, wherein the A-bearing shi...