US Patent Issued to Kaney Aerospace on March 17 for "Electromagnetically-controlled magnetic cycloidal gear assembly for achieving enhanced torque capacity and method of operating same" (Illinois, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,448, issued on March 17, was assigned to Kaney Aerospace Inc. (Rockford, Ill.).

"Electromagnetically-controlled magnetic cycloidal gear assembly for achieving enhanced torque capacity and method of operating same" was invented by Adam White (Beavercreek, Ohio), Erik Michael Plugge (Rockford, Ill.) and Donald Fredrick Knight (Davis, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to electromagnetically-controlled magnetic cycloidal gear assemblies configured to achieve enhanced torque capacity, and methods of operating same. In one example embodiment, a method includes sensing a position of a cycloid relative to a ...