ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,908, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Transportation safeguard with installation bearing" was invented by Wim De Laet (Antwerp, Belgium), Andries Boonen (Friedrichshafen, Germany) and Pieter Uytterhoeven (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport lock for fixing a planet carrier during transport in a housing-fixed component, including a first part that is joinable to the housing-fixed component, a second part that is joinable to the planet carrier, and at least one bearing, with which the first part and the second part are rotatably supported in one anothe...