ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,976, issued on March 17, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji City, Japan).
"Power transmission device with motor and inverter" was invented by Shota Oikawa (Fuji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes: a motor, an inverter configured to drive the motor, a gear device connected downstream of the motor, and a drive shaft configured to transmit, to a drive wheel, power of the motor transmitted from the gear device, and the drive shaft includes a portion covered with a noise reducing material."
The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/844,145.
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