US Patent Issued to GKN Automotive on April 15 for "Lubrication for an electric drive arrangement for a vehicle" (British, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,335, issued on April 15, was assigned to GKN Automotive Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).

"Lubrication for an electric drive arrangement for a vehicle" was invented by Theodor Gassmann (Siegburg, Germany), John Foulsham (Hampshire, Great Britain) and Daniel Beeby (Norfolk, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive arrangement for a vehicle includes a housing. The electric drive arrangement includes an electric machine with a stator connected to the housing and a rotor with a rotor shaft rotatably supported in the housing. The electric drive arrangement includes a transmission to transmit a rotary movement from the...