ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,723, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Venting device" was invented by Bernhard Maier (Bruckberg, Germany) and Peter Streng (Emmering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venting device for a motor vehicle drive component is provided with an air feed device which has an air guiding region, by way of which the air feed device can be connected in a fluid-conducting manner to an interior chamber to be vented, and with a membrane vent which has a venting membrane which is permeable to water vapor in a first flow direction and which is impermeable to water vapor in a second flow direction. The...