ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,941, issued on July 29, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Electrical machine having a central support base for stator, rotor and connection shaft" was invented by Dirk Reimnitz (Buhl, Germany) and Ivo Agner (Buhl, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical machine for a motor vehicle drive, including a main housing body a stator, which is fastened to the main housing body by at least one fastening element and a rotor connected to a connection shaft for conjoint rotation. The connection shaft is radially and axially supported by a main rolling element bearing, either on the main ...