ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,694, issued on April 22, was assigned to SED-EF GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Gearwheel transmission comprising wobble member" was invented by Serkan Doganer (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission includes a gear mechanism including a gear box, a drive shaft, and an output gear, wherein a bending movement converted into a rotational motion of the output gear is realized through a wobbled member upon rotation of the drive shaft. First and second gear wheels are connected to the output gear and each includes at least one idler pulley having a locking direction and a freewheeling direction. A wobbled plate, mounted o...