US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on April 14 for "Two-speed magnetic gearbox with axially offset modulators" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,562, issued on April 14, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Two-speed magnetic gearbox with axially offset modulators" was invented by Kyle DeHoff (Canal Fulton, Ohio) and Nicholas Hrusch (Wooster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-speed magnetic gearbox includes a magnetic ring with first magnets distributed about an inner circumference forming first pole pairs, a magnetic sun including second magnets distributed about an outer circumference forming second plurality pole pairs, a first modulator arranged radially between the magnetic ring and the magnetic sun and a second modulat...