ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,988, issued on June 16, was assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Albarran deflector" was invented by Kevin Schulz (Wilstedt, Germany), Irina Schmuck (Heide, Germany), Bastian Schroeder (Hamburg, Germany) and Andreas Ruehs (Ahrensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Albarran deflector can be cleaned or reconditioned particularly thoroughly. This is achieved in that at least one flushing port is arranged on a drive body of the Albarran deflector. During cleaning or reconditioning, a flushing line can be connected to this flushing port. This defined access to the interior of the drive body or gear space ...