US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on Aug. 25 for "Balancer device for internal combustion engine" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,467, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Balancer device for internal combustion engine" was invented by Masatoshi Matsuo (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The balancer device includes: an idler shaft having an idler sprocket around which a drive chain is wound, and an idler gear integrated with the idler sprocket; and a balancer housing accommodating, thereinside, balancer shafts generating a vibratory force by the rotation force transmitted from the idler gear. The balancer housing includes: a support part which is provided on the outer part of an upper housing, and support...