ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,059, issued on June 23, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Unit" was invented by Kazunori Kawashima (Ebina, Japan), Michinori Matsuo (Gotemba, Japan) and Toshikazu Oshidari (Yokosuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a unit including: an input element; an output element; first to third engagement elements; a first planetary gear mechanism in which the first to third rotational elements are arranged in this order on an alignment chart; and a second planetary gear mechanism in which fourth to sixth rotational elements are arranged in this order on the alignment chart. T...