US Patent Issued to Helios Technical Services on July 28 for "Anti backlash adjustment mechanism for gears" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,933, issued on July 28, was assigned to Helios Technical Services LLC (Cave Creek, Ariz.).

"Anti backlash adjustment mechanism for gears" was invented by Mike Halpin (Cave Creek, Ariz.) and Steve Burch (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear box may have a housing and a driving shaft with a gear and a driven shaft with a gear. The shafts may be rotatably mounted in the housing and positioned so that the driving shaft gear meshes, i.e., is in operable position, with the driven shaft gear. An eccentric bearing adjust may be positioned to surround a part of the driving shaft (or a part of the driven shaft). A first and ...