US Patent Issued to Valmont Industries on Dec. 16 for "Helical center drive gearbox for enclosing gearbox components" (Nebraska, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,034, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Valmont Industries Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"Helical center drive gearbox for enclosing gearbox components" was invented by Shobhit Kumar (Brookfield, Wis.), Steven C. Santelman (Elkhorn, Neb.) and Benjamin J. Toman (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gearbox case which includes a gear cavity breather device contained within the gearbox case to allow pressure equalization between the interior gearbox cavity and the external environment, while ensuring lubricant is kept in the gearbox. According to a preferred embodiment, the breather device contained within gearbox case may be formed as a ...