US Patent Issued to ZF WIND POWER (TIANJIN), ZF Wind Power Antwerpen on May 27 for "Lubricating mechanism for planetary gear train" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,158, issued on May 27, was assigned to ZF WIND POWER (TIANJIN) Co. LTD. (Tianjin, China) and ZF Wind Power Antwerpen N.V. (Lommel, Belgium).

"Lubricating mechanism for planetary gear train" was invented by Guowei Niu (Tianjin, China) and Dan Zhou (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricating mechanism for a planetary gear train, including a planetary gear, a sliding bearing, a planetary gear shaft, and a thrust bearing. The planetary gear is supported by the sliding bearing. The thrust bearing is arranged at an end surface of the planetary gear. A gap is formed between the thrust bearing and the end surface. The thrust...