ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,148, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GKN Automotive Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Electric drive for a vehicle" was invented by Theodor Gassmann (Siegburg, Germany) and John Foulsham (Hampshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive for a vehicle comprises: an electric machine, a stator connected to a housing and comprising stator end-windings, a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a driveshaft connected to the rotor; a transmission to transmit a rotary movement from the driveshaft to a driveline; a sump containing fluid to cool and/or lubricate the electric machine and the transmission; a hyd...