US Patent Issued to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS on Nov. 11 for "Mechanical power transmission system, gearbox and aircraft" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,573, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AIRBUS HELICOPTERS (Marignane, France).

"Mechanical power transmission system, gearbox and aircraft" was invented by Laurent Zamponi (Vitrolles, France) and Felix Binder (Ensues la Redonne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The transmission system, including a drive shaft, a driven shaft and a connecting device enabling the drive shaft to transmit mechanical torque to the driven shaft, and guide devices guiding the drive shaft in rotation about a drive axis and guiding the driven shaft in rotation about a driven axis. When the transmission system is at a standstill, the drive axis and the d...