ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,497, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Power transmission device" was invented by Masaru Sora (Tokyo) and Soichi Sugino (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission device includes: a first rotation member; a first rotation shaft supporting the first rotation member; a second rotation member; a second rotation shaft supporting the second rotation member; and an endless flexible member wound around the first rotation member and the second rotation member, in which at least one of the first rotation member and the second rotation member is movable in an axial direction thereof, and...