ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,037, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Drive assembly and vehicle having such a drive assembly" was invented by Andreas Henn (Aalen, Germany), Benjamin Lukas Mehnert (Schwieberdingen, Germany), Manfred Saretzki (Stuttgart, Germany) and Martin Armbruster (Brackenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a drive assembly (10) comprising a transmission which has a shaft (12) and a first rolling bearing (16), wherein the shaft is mounted in the first rolling bearing, wherein the transmission comprises a radial shaft sealing ring (18) which sealingly rests against the...