US Patent Issued to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN on Nov. 11 for "Spring-mounted gear mechanism housing" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,435, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN N.V. (Lommel, Belgium).

"Spring-mounted gear mechanism housing" was invented by Warren Smook (Huldenberg, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive arrangement for a wind turbine includes a main shaft, a housing, and a nacelle-mounted support structure. The main shaft of the drive arrangement for the wind turbine is completely supported in the housing. The housing of the drive arrangement for the wind turbine is at least partially resiliently mounted in the support structure."

The patent was filed on Aug. 9, 2022...