ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,644, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PT Tech LLC (Wadsworth, Ohio).
"Gearbox with configurable idler gear" was invented by Brian J. Peet (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox includes a housing, input shaft, and a geartrain. An input gear fixed to the input shaft is rotatable about an input axis. An idler gear is rotatable about an idler gear axis and supported by a mount. Output gear(s) are rotated from the idler gear. The mount includes a mount pin extending along a mount axis through the idler gear and an opening in the housing, and an eccentric bushing positioned around the mount pin and centrally within the id...