US Patent Issued to ERGOTECH on Sept. 30 for "Harmonic drive with compact structure made by plastic material" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,124, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ERGOTECH S.R.L. (Settimo Vittone, Italy).

"Harmonic drive with compact structure made by plastic material" was invented by Maurizio Dini (Settimo Vittone, Italy), Gabriele Gaida (Settimo Vittone, Italy) and Gabriele Peretto (Settimo Vittone, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harmonic reducer includes an outer shell, a circular spline, a flex spline, a wave generator, and an electric motor. The circular spline, flex spline, and wave generator are housed in the outer shell. The electric motor controls rotation of the wave generator around an axis of the harmonic reducer. The circular splin...