ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,838, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN Co. (Osaka, Japan).
"Selectable clutch" was invented by Yoshihito Shimanaka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a simple-structured selectable clutch that can be switched between operating modes, has high responsiveness, allows a desired torque capacity to be secured, causes less rattling and noise, and allows for switching with a small force even when transmitting a large torque. The clutch includes a first clutch mechanism configured to transmit rotation at any rotation angle via movable and/or rotatable locking members disposed between a first rotating ...