ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,827, issued on June 17, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Oil distributor, axle drive and motor vehicle" was invented by Robert Krause (Berlin) and Philipp Kolbe (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oil distributor for an axle drive of a motor vehicle, having a first trough element with a first wall, a second trough element which is placed onto the first trough element and has a second wall, wherein the first trough element and/or the second trough element has an oil capture opening; wherein in an assembled state, the first trough element is fluidically connected to the second trough eleme...