US Patent Issued to JATCO, NISSAN MOTOR on June 23 for "Power transmission device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,072, issued on June 23, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Power transmission device" was invented by Akira Tsuchida (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission device includes a case including an oil reservoir at a lower portion thereof, and a first shaft, a second shaft, and a third shaft which are shaft-supported by the case. The case includes an air breather chamber that separates air and an oil in the case and communicates with the atmosphere, an oil catch tank that reserves an oil raked up by a third gear portion of the third shaft, and an oil guide t...