US Patent Issued to Parker-Hannifin on July 22 for "Eddy current damper for power take-off gear rattle abatement" (Tennessee, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,289, issued on July 22, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).

"Eddy current damper for power take-off gear rattle abatement" was invented by Derek E. Muff (Memphis, Tenn.), Bradley A. Slakans (Collierville, Tenn.) and Steven Wesley Bennett (Noblesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power take-off includes a housing that is adapted to be supported on a source of rotational energy, an input mechanism that is supported within the housing and adapted to be rotatably driven by the source of rotational energy, and an output mechanism that is supported within the housing and rotatably driven by the input mechanism. At ...