ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,962, issued on July 29, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Motor for a motor vehicle having an oil circuit for cooling and/or lubrication" was invented by Ivo Greiter (Eitensheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor for a motor vehicle is provided comprising an engine housing to contain an electric machine, wherein the electric machine and an oil collection tank of the motor or the motor vehicle are incorporated in an oil circuit or can be so incorporated, wherein oil for the cooling and/or lubricating of the electric machine circulates in the oil circuit by at least one delivery device, wherein the delivery d...