US Patent Issued to Nabtesco on Aug. 25 for "Speed reducer and industrial machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,480, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Nabtesco Corp. (Tokyo).

"Speed reducer and industrial machine" was invented by Yuta Wanaka (Tokyo) and Shuichi Kamagata (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention makes it possible to inhibit the enlargement of a lubrication region in a speed reducer including a sealing member. The speed reducer includes a case, a carrier, main bearings, and a sealing member. The carrier is located at least partly inside the case. The main bearings are located between the case and the carrier. The sealing member includes a first ring, a second ring, and a first elastic ring. The first ring is a...