US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 27 for "Arrangement for grounding a shaft" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,691, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Arrangement for grounding a shaft" was invented by Michael Griesbach (Tettnang, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement for grounding a shaft of an electric machine includes a housing, and a grounding hub for electrically conductively connecting a shaft to be grounded to the housing, where the housing acts as a ground. Additionally, the arrangement includes a guide element mounted on the grounding hub. The guide element at least one of: rotationally fixes the grounding hub in a direction of rotation, or limits displacement of the ...