ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,471, issued on April 8, was assigned to 1783590 Ontario Inc. (Toronto).
"Transmission" was invented by Anthony Wong (Toronto), Jaroslaw Lutoslawski (Toronto), Sarah Jean Fondyga (Toronto) and Sergio Mordo (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission is provided comprising: a first pulley assembly rotatable about a first axis; a second pulley assembly rotatable about a second axis; an endless member coupling the first pulley assembly and the second pulley assembly; an idler pulley engaging the endless member and rotatable about an idler axis, the idler pulley being movable between a first position and a second position; a te...