ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,839, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Drive module for a motor vehicle" was invented by Simon Smerczek (Furstenstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive module (1, 1a) includes an axle casing (2) and a shaft (3) rotatably mounted in an interior space (11) of the axle casing (2). Two bearing units (6, 6a) lie opposite each other and are secured in the axle casing (2) in an axial direction. Each bearing unit (6, 6a) includes an inner bearing ring (7, 7a) fixedly connected to the shaft (3), an outer bearing ring (8, 8a) fixedly connected to the axle casing (2), and rolling...