ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,253, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Common drain for fluid chambers of a motor vehicle drivetrain fluid system" was invented by Andreas Rosenwald (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid system for a motor vehicle drivetrain is provided including a housing including drain hole, a first fluid chamber for receiving fluid, and a second fluid chamber for receiving fluid, the drain hole coupled to the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber for draining fluid from both the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber. The fluid system furt...