ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,183, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle drive device" was invented by Ryosuke Nagaya (Kariya, Japan) and Tadaaki Watanabe (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When there is backlash in a rotation direction between a lock member at a lock position and a first rotary member, a rotational position of a target rotary member, the rotational position being detected in a locked state of a parking lock mechanism by a rotational position sensor, is defined as a detected rotational position, and a rotational position of the target rotary member in a case where it is assumed that there is not the b...