ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,155, issued on March 18, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio) and GE AVIO S.R.L. (Rivalta di Torino, Italy).

"Gearbox assembly" was invented by Andrea Piazza (Turin, Italy) and Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox assembly includes a first gear and a second gear. The first gear includes a plurality of first gear teeth. The second gear includes a plurality of second gear teeth. The plurality of first gear teeth and the plurality of second gear teeth mesh with each other as the first gear and the second gear rotate. A profile shape of at least one first gear tooth of ...