ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,263, issued on July 21, was assigned to Regal Beloit America Inc. (Milwaukee).

"Systems and methods for gearbox and geardrive assemblies" was invented by Shivakumar Chougule (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearmotor assembly comprises a stepper motor, a reduction gearbox, and a torque limiter. The stepper motor is configured to receive input power to selectively rotate a motor shaft about a motor axis. The reduction gearbox includes a reduction gear assembly, a motor shaft coupling configured to operably couple the motor shaft and the reduction gear assembly, and a gearbox coupling operably coupled to the reduction gear...