ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,418, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CHANGZHOU WUJIN JINCHENG GEAR Co. LTD. (Changzhou, China).

"Transmission device with clutch and differential functions" was invented by Dang Zhu (Changzhou, China) and Hongwei Yang (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission device with clutch and differential functions, including a box-body part, is disclosed. The box-body part includes a clutch for use with an output shaft or shaft segments. The clutch is configured to drive the output shaft or shaft segments in the box-body part to rotate synchronously in one direction in the box-body part with the output shaft or shaft s...