US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on May 12 for "Planet carrier, planetary drive for a vehicle having the planet carrier and set comprising a plurality of planet carriers" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,753, issued on May 12, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Planet carrier, planetary drive for a vehicle having the planet carrier and set comprising a plurality of planet carriers" was invented by Niklas Kretschmer (Gerhardshofen, Germany), Michael Keck (Emskirchen, Germany) and Manuel Seubert (Eckental, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planet carrier includes a central axis, a pair of carrier shells, planet wheels and riveting devices. Each carrier shell has planetary wheel sections and connecting sections. The connecting sections are arranged as forming sections recessed relative ...