ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,711, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Dual spline gear assembly" was invented by Omar Dawood Mohammed Sily (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual spline gear assembly includes two spline gears that may be asymmetric. A toothed ring gear having evenly spaced outer gear teeth and evenly spaced inner gear teeth includes a radially extending rib centrally located within the inner ring. First and second spline gears having an outer circumference with evenly spaced outer spline teeth fit in the inner gear grooves of the toothed ring gear and abut the radial...