US Patent Issued to VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL on Dec. 2 for "Mechanical interconnection of multiple rotatable devices (MIMRD)" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,890, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (Elsene, Belgium).

"Mechanical interconnection of multiple rotatable devices (MIMRD)" was invented by Dirk Lefeber (Sint-Agatha-Rode, Belgium), Stein Crispel (Saintes, Belgium) and Pablo Lopez Garcia (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanical interconnection of multiple rotatable devices that includes: a gear train, at least three rotatable devices, one or more first stages, and one or more second stages, a first element, i.e. a geared element or a planet carrier, of one of the second stages forming a torque resisting means being blocked or impeded in a control...