ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,248, issued on May 19, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Lubricant drip pan for a transmission housing of a vehicle transmission" was invented by Christopher Allnoch (Kressbronn, Germany), Gabriele Glade (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Stephan Brussa (Langenargen, Germany) and Andreas Geiger (Markdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant drip pan for a vehicle transmission housing includes a cup-shaped separating section, which at least partially encloses a receiving area in which a receiving chamber for a rotating gear element in the vehicle transmission is defined when the drip pan is inst...