ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,175, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Drive unit and drive assembly" was invented by Alexander Voit (Sinzheim, Germany) and Steffen Lehmann (Ettlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, in particular a hybrid motor vehicle, and to a drive assembly. The drive unit is for a drive train of an electrically drivable motor vehicle, and includes a first electric rotary machine for generator operation and a second electric rotary machine for drive motor operation, and a transmission. A rotor of the ...