ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,288, issued on July 22, was assigned to NPC ROBOTICS Corp. (Mound, Minn.).
"Boltless unitary ring gear-flange body" was invented by Richard Reid (Eden Prairie, Minn.), John David (Chaska, Minn.) and Paul Dickie (Elko New Market, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a unitary ring gear-flange body (URGFB). In an illustrative example, the flange body may be spin-formed and may, for example, include a riser body extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis and a flange extending substantially radially outward from the riser body. To the riser body may, for example, be welded a ring g...