ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,420, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electric drive unit having an oil guide" was invented by Maximilian Podschwadt (Saline, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an electric drive unit. The electric drive unit includes a motor, planetary gearset, differential carrier, and oil guide. The motor drives rotation of a rotor shaft. The planetary gearset includes a sun gear that rotates together with the rotor shaft about an axis, and planet gears that interface with the sun gear and revolve about the axis. Receiving spaces are defined between the planet g...