ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,503, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TUSAS- TURK HAVACILIK VE UZAY SANAYII A.S. (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).

"Power transfer mechanism" was invented by Erkan Gokmen (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey) and Burhan Sahin (Kahramankazan/Ankara, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transfer mechanism includes a body (2) on a vehicle; an engine (E) in the body (2) which enables the vehicle to move; a shaft (3) on the body (2) which is activated by the engine (E); a housing (4) containing the shaft (3); and at least one bearing group (5) between the housing (4) wall and the shaft (3) which supports movement of the shaft (3)."

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