ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,401, issued on April 14, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan).
"Unit" was invented by Hidekazu Yagi (Atsugi, Japan) and Kazutoshi Shimozono (Yokohama, 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. The input element is connected to the third rotational element, the output elemen...