ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,351, issued on July 8, was assigned to Innovaction Technologies (Epercieux-St.-Paul, France).

"Geared motor having a cylindrical casing and corresponding tubular motor" was invented by Srecko Sajnovic (Epercieux St Paul, France) and Sylvain Denis (Villerest, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Geared motor comprising a planetary gearset (2) coupled to an output shaft of a motor (3), comprising a cylindrical casing (4a, 4b, 4c) isolating the geared motor (1) from the outside, and a hollow shaft (5) connected to the stator of the motor (3) and aligned with the output shaft of the planetary gearset (2)."

The patent was filed on July 6...