US Patent Issued to GENERAL ELECTRIC on Aug. 5 for "Windage cover that covers fasteners coupling a ring gear assembly to an output shaft" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,898, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY (Evendale, Ohio).

"Windage cover that covers fasteners coupling a ring gear assembly to an output shaft" was invented by Bugra H. Ertas (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Norman A. Turnquist (Sloansville, N.Y.), Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (Bengaluru, India) and Gontla Nagashiresha (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windage cover for a plurality of fasteners coupling a ring gear assembly to an output shaft. The windage cover includes a clip retention member abutting an integral cover shell of the output shaft, and a foot portion configured to be inserted into a pilot groove ...