US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Nov. 25 for "Coupling element and gearing with coupling element" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,577, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Coupling element and gearing with coupling element" was invented by Philip Dotschel (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling element (30) includes an internal toothing and a cutout (32). The coupling element (30) is configured for coupling a first gear set and a second gear set of a gearing. The first gear set includes at least one first ring gear (15). The coupling element (30) forms the first ring gear (15) on an inner circumference via the internal toothing. The coupling element (30) is formed in an annular manner....