ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,884, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Neptunus Transmission Oy (Kauniainen, Finland).
"Gear transmission" was invented by Seppo Paalasmaa (Kauniainen, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear transmission with a continuously variable gear ratio, comprising an input part defining an input axis, an output part defining an output axis, the output axis being aligned with the input axis, and a set of gear wheels connecting the input part to the output part, wherein said set of gear wheels is arranged as an input body in contact with the input part and an output body in contact with the output part, and the output body being in gear t...