ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,132, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Transmission for a motor vehicle" was invented by Markus Herrmann (Scheidegg, Germany), Florian Langenbacher (Tettnang, Germany), Florian Staetter (Bodnegg, Germany), Stefan Csajagi (Eriskirch, Germany) and Esben Madsen (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission includes an oil sump and at least one oil bunker arranged separated from the oil sump within the transmission. The transmission includes a valve having a channel body, at least one sump port, at least one bunker port, and a mechanical actuating element. The ...