US Patent Issued to JATCO on Aug. 11 for "Device having a power transmission mechanism" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,171, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan).

"Device having a power transmission mechanism" was invented by Akira Kamiyama (Sagamihara, Japan), Kenichi Watanabe (Sagamihara, Japan) and Ikuo Hirose (Fujinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a unit including: a gear device including a first planetary gear mechanism including a first sun gear, a first carrier, and a first ring gear, and a second planetary gear mechanism including a second sun gear, a second carrier, and a second ring gear; an input element; an output element; a first engagement element; a second engagement element; and a third enga...