ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,082, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Method for controlling the temperature of an electric motor, and fluid supply device" was invented by Jonas Kniel (Karlsruhe, Germany), Matthias Bauer (Freiburg, Germany), Denis Loktev (Buhl, Germany), Michael Heilmann (Karlsruhe, Germany) and Bhanu Seth (Kaiserslautern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a temperature of an electric motor in a vehicle drive train via a fluid supply device having a closed fluid circuit with a fluid pump for conveying a fluid flow, which is to be supplied to the electric...