ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,549, issued on April 15, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Electric machine" was invented by Sebastian Wachter (Pressig, Germany), Maximilian Barkow (Stuttgart, Germany), Patrick Fuchs (Leonberg, Germany) and Timijan Velic (Weissach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric machine including a pulse inverter having a region with an oil space and busbars, wherein the electric machine is electrically connected to the pulse inverter by the busbars such that the busbars are electrically connected to a connection of the pulse inverter, wherein the busbars and the electric machine are cooled by oil...