US Patent Issued to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN on April 14 for "Asymmetric torque brackets" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,397, issued on April 14, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN N.V. (Lommel, Belgium).

"Asymmetric torque brackets" was invented by Michael Wuerr (Hafenlohr-Windheim, Germany), Frederik Vanhollebeke (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Tom Van der Kamp (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission for a wind turbine includes a first torque bracket and a second torque bracket. The first torque bracket and the second torque bracket are asymmetrical to each other. The torque brackets may include a support arm and a fastening member. The fastening member can be f...