ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,807, issued on Aug. 4.
"Self-aligning coupler" was invented by Tushar Anandrao Jadhav (Maharshtra, India) and Sheela Tushar Jadhav (Maharshtra, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-aligning coupler 100 for power transmission between misaligned and non-collinear driving shaft and driven shaft is disclosed. The self-aligning coupler 100 has at least a first extreme position, an intermediate position and a third extreme position. The first coupler 104 is connected to the second coupler 112 by a tie rod 108. One end of the first coupler 104 includes a central hole 320 for receiving a driving shaft and another end of the first coupl...