ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,907, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to GE AVIO S.R.L. (Rivalta di Torino, Italy).
"Floating oil manifold for planetary gear systems" was invented by Giulio Zagato (Moncalieri, Italy), Leonardo Coviello (Bari, Italy), Francesco Santacroce (Turin, Italy), Cristiano Consales (Lecce, Italy) and Paolo Altamura (Monopoli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planetary gear system includes a carrier including a first side having a first oil manifold opening therethrough, and a second side having a second oil manifold opening therethrough, a first oil manifold and a second oil manifold. The first oil manifold has a first flange portion fl...