US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 15 for "Electric drive module dual sump arrangement for oil management" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,716, issued on July 15, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Electric drive module dual sump arrangement for oil management" was invented by Thomas E Braford Jr. (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal management system for an electric drive module (EDM) in an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes a motor housing, a gearbox housing, a sump and a baffle. The motor housing has an electric motor. The gearbox housing houses gears that receive an input from the electric motor and transfer the drive torque to the driveline. The sump collectively comprises a first sump and a second sump. The first...