ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,993, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GOBLIN CORP LLC (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Variable electric transmission system and method" was invented by Robert Willard Irwin (Gainesville, Fla.) and Peter Robert Irwin (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planetary gear system for setting a drive ratio of a transmission includes an outer ring gear; a plurality of planetary gears; an inner sun gear; a first rotary input coupled to one of the outer ring gear, the plurality of planetary gears, and the inner sun gear; a second rotary input coupled to another one of the outer ring gear, the plurality of planetary gears, and the inner ...