US Patent Issued to Flender on March 17 for "Planetary transmission having an improved lubricant supply, drive train and wind turbine" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,011, issued on March 17, was assigned to Flender GmbH (Bocholt, Germany).

"Planetary transmission having an improved lubricant supply, drive train and wind turbine" was invented by Norbert Haake (Dorsten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planetary transmission includes first and second planetary stages. At least one of the first and second planetary stages includes a transmission component. The planetary transmission further includes a pilot bearing, and a double-walled pipe received in the pilot bearing and having a central portion designed to have an outlet point for dispensing lubricant into the transmission component. A ...