ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,364, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Vehicle transmission" was invented by Thomas Riedisser (Sigmarszell, Germany), Wolfgang Schmid (Tettnang, Germany), Leschek Debernitz (Eriskirch, Germany), Thomas Dirheimer (Lindau-Oberreitnau, Germany), Manuel Schwaerzler (Friedrichshafen, Germany), Florian Pohnlein (Stefansfeld, Germany), Daniel Haase (Lindau, Germany), Peter Reinders (Markdorf, Germany) and Martin Kibler (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle transmission includes a transmission housing defining an oil sump space and a hybrid space, with the hybri...