ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,669, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GE AVIO S.R.L. (Rivalta di Torino, Italy).
"Gearbox assembly" was invented by Michele Gravina (Milan), Miriam Manzoni (Rivalta di Torino, Italy), Federico Leonardi (Vinovo, Italy) and Andrea Piazza (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox assembly includes a plurality of planet gears secured by a planet carrier. The plurality of planet gears and the planet carrier rotate about a longitudinal centerline axis. A planet pin is disposed in each planet gear. One or more journal bearings are defined by the planet pin and the planet gear, each planet gear rotating about the one or more jou...