US Patent Issued to BRP-ROTAX on Nov. 25 for "Gear assembly for a vehicle" (Austrian, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,565, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BRP-ROTAX GMBH & Co. KG (Gunskirchen, Austria).

"Gear assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Nigel Foxhall (Semriach, Austria), Thomas Zorn (Stadl-Paura, Austria), Franz Russegger (Nussdorf, Austria) and Bruno Girouard (Shefford, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearing assembly for a vehicle drivetrain. The assembly includes a first shaft rotating about a first shaft axis; a second shaft with a second shaft axis parallel to the first shaft axis; a first freewheel clutch gear mounted to the first shaft; a second gear mounted to the first shaft; a third freewheel clutch gear mounted to t...