ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,098, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle drive device" was invented by Tomoharu Suzuki (Kariya, Japan), Mitsuhiko Kato (Kariya, Japan) and Hiroki Takayanagi (Echizen, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle drive device, a first drive device configured to drive a first engagement device configured to connect or disconnect power transmission between an input member and a first rotor includes a first shift drum and a first cam mechanism. A second drive device configured to drive a second engagement device configured to connect or disconnect power transmission between the first rotor and an...