ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,717, issued on July 15, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Aichi, Japan).
"Vehicle drive device" was invented by Takeshi Torii (Kariya, Japan) and Shoichi Yamasaki (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blade portion that rotates integrally with a target shaft portion is provided between a target outer peripheral surface that is an outer peripheral surface of the target shaft portion and a tubular inner peripheral surface of a case. A first opening that communicates with a first oil passage is located away, on a first axial side, from a second opening that communicates with a second oil passage. The first oil passage communicates ...