ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,799, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to RENK GmbH (Germany).
"Planet carrier for a transmission" was invented by Peter Decker (Hannover, Germany), Lutz Winter (Laatzen, Germany) and Thorsten Rohrmann (Binder, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planet carrier for a transmission, in particular for a wind power transmission, can hold a planet axle on which a planet wheel is mounted, wherein a sleeve is arranged in radial direction between the planet axle and the planet wheel. In order to be able to compensate irregularities in the toothing of the planet wheel and still require as little installation space as possible for the plane...