ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,329, issued on July 1, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Shift device" was invented by Atsuto Ogino (Kariya, Japan) and Kota Ishikawa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shift device includes a shift switching member including a plurality of valley portions; a positioning member configured to establish a shift position; a motor configured to drive the shift switching member; a rotor rotation angle sensor; and an output shaft rotation angle sensor configured to detect a rotation angle of the shift switching member. When the positioning member is moved to pass through the plurality of valley portions, the rotatio...