ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,979, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES (Paris).
"Gear changing system for an accessory gearbox of an aircraft turbine engine and method of use" was invented by Zoltan Zsiga (Moissy-Cramayel, France) and Luc Henri Chatenet (Moissy-Cramayel, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear changing system for the driving of an apparatus by an accessory gearbox including a train including a ring gear, a planetary gear integral with an output shaft and a planet carrier integral with an input shaft, a clutch device for the input shaft and output shaft, and a locking device. The system including a first configuration in ...