US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Sept. 8 for "Mixer drivetrain with planetary gear alignment features" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,718, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Mixer drivetrain with planetary gear alignment features" was invented by Edward Simeon Chupka (Bardstown, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drivetrain for coupling a motor to a mixer shaft within a mixer includes a sun gear connectable to a rotor of the motor. The drivetrain also includes a plurality of stepped planetary gears. Each of the stepped planetary gears includes a first tooth section and a second tooth section. A first ring gear is mounted such that the first ring gear is fixed. The first ring gear and the sun gear are meshed w...