ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,325, issued on April 15, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Hybrid module thrust bushing" was invented by Baylor Hartzler (Wooster, Ohio) and Noah Riggenbach (Smithville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid module includes a rotor carrier, a torque converter, and a thrust bushing. The rotor carrier includes an axially extending portion and a radially extending portion extending radially inward from the axially extending portion. The torque converter includes an impeller having an impeller shell fixed to the rotor carrier and an impeller hub fixed to the impeller shell. The impeller...