US Patent Issued to VOLVO TRUCK on May 20 for "Transmission, gearbox and vehicle" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,735, issued on May 20, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Transmission, gearbox and vehicle" was invented by Johan Folkesson (Skene, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission includes a primary gear including primary teeth, each having a primary surface; a secondary gear including secondary teeth; an intermediate gear including intermediate teeth, each comprising a primary intermediate part having a primary intermediate surface and a secondary intermediate part having a secondary intermediate surface, where the primary intermediate part is axially offset from the secondary intermediate part. The inter...