ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,711, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SCHWABISCHE HUTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH (Aalen, Germany).

"Oil sump, in particular oil filter module, with a multi-part housing" was invented by Enis Kostic (Bad Buchau, Germany), Harald Kunzi (Winnenden, Germany), Sven Peters (Bad Schussenried, Germany) and Gerd Jaggle (Ettingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil sump for supplying an assembly of a motor vehicle, including: a housing including a housing frame, a housing base and a housing cover; and an oil accommodating space enclosed by the housing, and a suction channel which extends into the oil accommodating space and includes an...