ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,515, issued on March 18, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Overload clutch for e-motor rotor" was invented by Eric Ubelhart (Orville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid drive assembly having an e-motor with a housing fixed stator and a rotor that connects to a transmission. The e-motor rotor includes a rotor support having a mounting flange with a stop at one end. A diaphragm spring clamps a second rotor ring, a rotor stack, and a first rotor ring against the stop to rotationally fix the rotor stack to the mounting flange. A drive plate assembly for connection to a crankshaft i...