US Patent Issued to Schaeffler Technologies on June 10 for "Planetary gearbox and lubricant-collecting tray for a planetary gearbox" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,191, issued on June 10, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Planetary gearbox and lubricant-collecting tray for a planetary gearbox" was invented by Jan Heymel (Erlangen, Germany), Alfred Hock (Hochstadt/Aisch, Germany), Frederic Fischer (Weisendorf, Germany), Florian Boehm (Leinburg, Germany) and Dominik Sauer (Pettstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planetary gearbox includes a shaft, a planetary carrier, first and second planetary pins arranged on the planetary carrier, first and second planetary gears mounted on the planetary pins via respective bearings, and a lubricant col...