US Patent Issued to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN on Aug. 25 for "Spline toothing between ring gear and housing part" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,479, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Spline toothing between ring gear and housing part" was invented by Dirk Strasser (Breckerfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox arrangement, including a ring gear, a housing part, and a mating toothing. The mating toothing connects the ring gear and the housing part to each other in a non-rotational manner. The ring gear and the housing part each form a toothing of the mating toothing in one piece."

The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/716,951.

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