US Patent Issued to JATCO on May 26 for "Unit having a power transmission mechanism therein" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,066, issued on May 26, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan).

"Unit having a power transmission mechanism therein" 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 f...