ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,626, issued on March 31, was assigned to Michael Lee Starkey (Canyon, Texas).
"SIVRT geartrain" was invented by Michael Lee Starkey (Canyon, Texas) and Robert E. Arnot (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A geartrain includes a first planetary carrier supported on a input shaft, wherein the first planetary carrier has two or more first planetary gears that engage a first sun gear supported on a first intermediate shaft. A first ring gear engages the two or more first planetary gears and a first stationary gear supported on a first auxiliary shaft. A first gear is supported on the first intermediate shaft. A second gear ...