ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,712, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Gearing unit for a drive assembly and method for mounting the gearing unit" was invented by Bastian Rupp (Furth, Germany) and Jochen Loeffelmann (Eggolsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearing unit for a drive assembly includes a gearing device for converting a drive torque of the drive assembly. The gearing device includes an input shaft, and the input shaft defines a main axis. A gearing housing defines an accommodation space and houses the gearing device in the accommodation space. A venting device is mounted on the ...