ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,066, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicular drive device capable of securing an appropriate amount of oil in a first housing chamber and a second housing chamber" was invented by Takatoshi Katayama (Kariya, Japan), Takuya Muneto (Kariya, Japan), Takayoshi Hanai (Kariya, Japan), Yusuke Naito (Kariya, Japan) and Teppei Yamashita (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular drive device includes a rotating electrical machine, transmission mechanism, case, and communication oil passage. The case includes a first housing chamber housing the rotating electrical machine and a second housing c...