ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,738, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Integrated assembly of an electric motor, hydraulic pump, and electronic drive device and associated cooling configuration" was invented by Hao Zhang (Twinsburg, Ohio), Satish Kumar Raju Kalidindi (Mayfield Heights, Ohio), Nithin Gangadharan (Twinsburg, Ohio), Brandon Wegmann (Indian Trail, N.C.) and Steven R. Huard (New Ulm, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example assembly includes: a main housing (108) having an internal chamber (110) therein; an electric motor (102) disposed in the internal chamber of the main housing and comprising a motor rotor (...