ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,989, issued on March 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Clutch control apparatus" was invented by Junichiro Kano (Tokyo) and Junya Ono (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This clutch control apparatus includes a clutch apparatus, a clutch actuator, and a release mechanism, wherein the release mechanism includes a release shaft that transmits a drive force of the clutch actuator to the clutch apparatus side, the release shaft is divided into: a clutch-side shaft that is supported by a clutch-side member as a separate body from the clutch actuator; and a control-side shaft that is supported by the clutch actuator and...