ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,825, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to IMS GEAR SE & Co. KGAA (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"Gear having a helical toothing" was invented by Marius Suess (Blumberg, Germany), Sebastian Birk (Trossingen, Germany), Michael Knoepfle (Huefingen, Germany), Paul Schachtschneider (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany) and Eugen Stoppel (Muehlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a one-piece gear (1) made of plastic, having an axis of rotation (R), external toothing (10) arranged about an axis of rotation, a concentrically arranged receiving opening (40), an intermediate portion (30) arranged between the external toot...