ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,380, issued on June 10, was assigned to Flender GmbH (Bocholt, Germany) and Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Aarhaus N, Denmark).

"Testing device for gear mechanisms, testing method, control unit and computer program product" was invented by Flemming Kjaer Christensen (Skanderborg, Denmark) and Matthias Deicke (Uetze/Schwublingsen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing device includes a drive unit and an output unit, which are connected together via first and second gearboxes. The testing device is configured to adjustably tilt and/or adjustably displace at least one of the first and second gearboxes for at least partially simulta...