ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,030, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Flender GmbH (Bocholt, Germany).

"Powertrain mounting for planetary transmission" was invented by Ralf Hambrecht (Bocholt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powertrain for a wind power installation includes a main bearing unit with a main shaft, and a planetary transmission driven by the main shaft and including a transmission housing and a planetary stage which revolves about a rotation axis in the transmission housing. The planetary stage includes a planet carrier, a ring gear, and a sun gear, with the planet carrier or the ring gear being drivingly connected, at least indirectly, to...