ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,825, issued on April 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"In-wheel motor driving device" was invented by Keita Imai (Seto, Japan), Kiichi Yokoyama (Toyota, Japan), Hiroki Monji (Toyota, Japan), Yusuke Ueta (Haibara-gun, Japan) and Tatsuya Sakai (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-wheel motor drive device includes: a motor case housing a motor provided in a wheel of a drive wheel; a reduction gear case housing a reduction gear; and a plurality of fastening bolts for fastening the motor case and the reduction gear case. Further, among the plurality of fastening bolts, a pair of fastening bolts facing...