ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,387, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Gearbox" was invented by Minzhu Wang (Jiangsu, China) and Feng Lu (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox includes a pair of housings which are respectively provided with a bearing block protruding axially from an inner surface thereof. A radial inner surface of the bearing block defines a bearing chamber for accommodating a bearing. At least one of the housings being provided with a lubricating assembly on the inner surface thereof. The lubricating assembly includes (i) an oil deflector having a radial segment extending from a radial ou...