US Patent Issued to Agility Robotics on May 27 for "Cycloid gear assembly with alternating contact between transfer members and pins and related technology" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,146, issued on May 27, was assigned to Agility Robotics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Cycloid gear assembly with alternating contact between transfer members and pins and related technology" was invented by Kevin Sweeney (Albany, Ore.) and Jonathan Hurst (Albany, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear assembly in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology includes first and second supports extending circumferentially around an axis in first and second planes, respectively. The gear assembly further includes a first transfer member including first lobes and first troughs circumferentially alternating around the axis...