US Patent Issued to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN on Aug. 25 for "Assembly having two components and an oil transfer ring" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,498, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN N.V. (Lommel, Belgium).

"Assembly having two components and an oil transfer ring" was invented by Wim De Laet (Antwerp, Belgium), Stijn Rottiers (Lokeren, Belgium), Andy Maes (Sinaai, Belgium) and Sonja Goris (Berlaar, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement including two components with differential speed and an elastic oil transmission ring. One of the two components forms a groove for accommodating the oil transfer ring. The oil transfer ring has a U-shaped cross-section with a first lip and a second l...