ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,021, issued on July 22, was assigned to MAXON INTERNATIONAL AG (Sachseln, Switzerland).
"Method for connecting two components, in particular a motor to a gearbox, and assembly with a connection between motor and gearbox" was invented by Patrick Herr (Waldkirch, Germany), Marco Schelb (Emmendingen, Germany) and Simon Kalble (Denzlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A form- and/or force-fit connection between the motor and the gearbox is established by screwing together a motor- or gearbox-side first component and the respective motor- or gearbox-side second component. Alternately, an interference fit can be established betwe...