ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,566, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Differential gear unit" was invented by Kazuma Kishimoto (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A differential gear unit includes a first case member, a second case member, and an outer peripheral gear member. The first case member includes a clamped portion, a first fitted portion, and a second fitted portion. The second case member includes a first clamping portion and a first fitting portion. The outer peripheral gear member includes a second clamping portion and a second fitting portion. The clamped portion, the first clamping portion, and the second cla...