US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on July 28 for "Propeller shaft yoke and propeller shaft" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,906, issued on July 28, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Propeller shaft yoke and propeller shaft" was invented by Masashi Kubo (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Kenichiro Ishikura (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first arm outer edge chamfered portion and a second arm outer edge chamfered portion are formed along both side edges on an outer side of each of a first arm base portion and a second arm base portion. With this structure, it is possible to reduce a radius (radii) of rotation of a first arm portion and a second arm portion of a first yoke. The reduced radius (radii) can thereby increase ...