US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on Sept. 30 for "Electric drive unit that includes a baffle" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,758, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Electric drive unit that includes a baffle" was invented by Christopher Chapanar (Massillon, Ohio), David Kinion (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Kyle Nelson (Wadsworth, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric drive unit includes an electric motor having a rotor shaft that defines a hollow that is accessible via an opening defined at an axial end of the rotor shaft. The hollow defines a portion of a fluid flow path. The electric drive unit also includes an output shaft that extends into the hollow through the opening. The elect...