ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,122, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Compensating coupling" was invented by Andreas Heinisch (Sailershausen, Germany), Patrick Weissenberger (Kurnach, Germany) and Matthias Wetterich (Rottershausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compensating coupling comprises two outer coupling parts, namely an input-side coupling part and an output-side coupling part, both of which are to be connected to rotatable elements, more particularly shafts, and a center coupling part, which can be moved to a limited extent relative to the outer coupling parts. The center coupling...