ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,444, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to FLENDER-GRAFFENSTADEN S.A.S. (Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France).
"System for reducing teeth power losses in a gearbox" was invented by Eric Jallat (Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France), Thomas Gaulier (Wolfisheim, France) and Thomas Marmagne (Strasbourg, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reducing teeth power losses in a gearbox, including at least two intermeshing toothed gears, each attached to a rotating shaft supported by bearings and mounted within a housing. Two vertical plates are configured for being installed inside the housing between the bearings and the toothed gears, one a...