ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,667, issued on July 1, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Deaerating device" was invented by Frank Bodendorf (Kaufering, Germany) and Moritz Hoescheler (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deaerating device is provided for a drive component in a motor vehicle. The deaerating device has an access line, a membrane deaerator, which includes a deaerating membrane, and an discharge air side. The deaerating device is designed to fluidically connect the interior of a drive component to the area surrounding the drive component. The deaerating membrane is arranged downstream of the access line and upstream of the discha...