ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,406, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).
"Drive device having a brushless electric motor" was invented by Gabriele Lange (Marktrodach, Germany) and Roland Kalb (Rossach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device has a transmission housing with an external rotor-type electric motor. The electric motor is coupled to the transmission and is actuated by a motor electronic unit. The electric motor has a stator and a rotor which circulates about the stator and is connected to a drive shaft that is guided through a stator bushing with a first sleeve section for holding the...