ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,749, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan).
"Transmission unit" 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: an input element; an output element; and a gear device including a first rotational part, a second rotational part, a third rotational part, and a fourth rotational part arranged in this order on an alignment chart. The input element is connectable to the first rotational part and connectable to the second rotational part, the output element is connected to the third r...