ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,346, issued on July 8, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Lightweight gear" was invented by Varun Ananda (Bangalore, India), Hima Bindu Kocherla (Hyderabad, India) and Pramod Padmanabha (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightweight gear includes a hub, and a tooth ring defining a plurality of gear teeth. The tooth ring includes an inner core composed of a polymer-based material that is coupled to the lattice structure. The lightweight gear includes a lattice structure interconnecting the hub and the tooth ring. The lattice structure has a density that varies radially based on an operating...