ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,475, issued on May 13, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China), GUANGDONG JIYA PRECISION MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Foshan, China), GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and GUANGDONG MIDEA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Internally meshing planetary gear apparatus and joint apparatus for robot" was invented by Wenjie Lin (Osaka, Japan), Gang Wang (Osaka, Japan), Kiyoji Minegishi (Osaka, Japan), Ziming Guo (Osaka, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Isaji (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internally meshing planetary gear apparatus includes a bearing component, an internal gear, a planetary g...