ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,090, issued on May 13, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Heat exchanger system for electric motor" was invented by Matthew Payne (Glenmont, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid module is provided that includes a water jacket and an oil reservoir. The water jacket can be configured to both directly provide a heat exchanger feature for a stator as well as the oil reservoir. Oil within the oil reservoir can be configured to be sprayed towards the stator at the same time that the water jacket is cooling the stator. This configuration provides an improved cooling effect for the stator....