ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,908, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric drive unit having a heat exchanger" was invented by Kyle Nelson (Wadsworth, Ohio) and Antonio Eduardo Mogro Zambrano (Puebla, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive unit includes an electric motor and a housing that houses the electric motor. The housing includes a heat exchanging wall portion that includes an inner surface that defines a fluid jacket cavity for conveying a first fluid and an outer surface that is opposite the inner surface and that defines a fluid chamber for conveying a second fluid. T...