ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,745, issued on May 12, was assigned to SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Eccentric oscillation type speed reducer" was invented by Sebastian Markert (Markt Indersdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An eccentric oscillation type speed reducer includes: an eccentric body; an external gear capable of being oscillated by the eccentric body; an internal gear that meshes with the external gear; and a carrier capable of being synchronized with an axial rotation component of the external gear, in which one of the internal gear and the carrier configures at least a part of a fixed body that is fixed to an external member, the f...