ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,563, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to WITTENSTEIN SE (Igersheim, Germany).
"Bolt-type angular gear mechanism" was invented by Michael Lesch (Essfeld, Germany), Maximilian Hanus (Butthard, Germany), Axel Irmer (Creglingen, Germany), Tim Poeschmann (Unterpleichfeld, Germany) and Sebastian Michel (Gaukonigshofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bolt-type angular gear mechanism (1), having angular bolts (3) each with two limbs, which are angled in relation to each other, a first bolt carrier (11), which is rotatable about a first axis (13) and has first bolt receptacles (15), in each of which a first limb (5) of one of the ang...