ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,898, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Aichi, Japan) and MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle drive device" was invented by Yuki Yanagihara (Kariya, Japan), Naoki Takahashi (Tokyo), Kiminobu Terao (Tokyo), Takuya Ogasawara (Okazaki, Japan) and Yosuke Morimoto (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle drive device includes a rotating electric machine disposed on a first axis, an output gear mechanism and an output member disposed on a second axis, and a case that houses these elements. The second axis is disposed below the first axis, a suction port of an oil pump is disposed below the first axi...