US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Sept. 1 for "Device for grounding a rotor carrier" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,087, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Device for grounding a rotor carrier" was invented by Jacob Schicketanz (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Rayk Gersten (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for grounding a rotor carrier is arranged inside of a grounded housing and includes a rotatable rotor carrier extending in an axial direction, a grounding device, and at least one bearing. The rotor carrier is supported by the at least one bearing. The grounding device is arranged on a housing arm next to the bearing and includes an electrically conductive annular c...