ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,303, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Mechanical connection unit, stator and electric machine" was invented by Christian Silvery (Walzbachtal, Germany) and Robert Maier (Gernsbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical connection unit for fastening an electrical coupling element to an interconnection ring of an electric machine. The connection unit includes a fixing component, which can be interlockingly and/or frictionally positioned on the interconnection ring, and a receiving component, which is rotatably mounted on the fixing component and is provided...