ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,208, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to GE AVIO S.R.L. (Rivalta di Torino, Italy).
"Gearbox assembly having a gear brake system" was invented by Andrea Piazza (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox assembly including a gear assembly, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a gear brake system. The input shaft is coupled to the gear assembly. The output shaft is drivingly coupled to the input shaft through the gear assembly. The gear brake system is disposed within the gear assembly, and includes one or more brake devices. The gear brake system actuates the one or more brake devices to brake the gear assembly during a rev...