ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,256, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bernard Controls (Gonesse, France).
"Modular reduction gearbox" was invented by Remy Lepan (Bruyeres sur Oise, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical power transmission system for controlling a valve or a louver vent, a declutching mechanism of which comprises a driving part (59) and a driven part which together form a dog clutch on an axis, the driven part having a ring gear on a section axially opposite to the indentation of the dog clutch driven part cavity, and being coupled to the actuating mechanism by said ring gear and one or a plurality of stepped satellite gears meshing a ...