ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,717, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Pressure compensation module and motor vehicle drive unit having such a pressure compensation module" was invented by Markus Daffner (Munich) and Bernhard Maier (Bruckberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure compensation module includes a first pressure chamber having a first displacer device with a first displacer internal volume. A second pressure chamber includes a second displacer device with a second displacer internal volume. An intermediate space between the first pressure chamber and the first displacer device is a first compensation...