ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,201, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HANGZHOU YUSHU TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).

"Overload impact-resistant planetary reducer, robot joint, and quadruped robot" was invented by Xingxing Wang (Hangzhou, China) and Zhiyu Yang (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses an overload impact-resistant planetary reducer, including a tooth face portion made of a rigid material and a buffer portion capable of being elastically deformed. The buffer portion is made of a material having certain rigidity and capable of being elastically deformed under an impact force, and is coaxially nested with...