ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,114, issued on March 18, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Geared motor and clutch actuator using same" was invented by Takumi Sugiura (Kariya, Japan) and Atsuhiro Furuichi (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planetary gear has: a first planetary gear annular surface formed at one axial end of the planetary gear and a second planetary gear annular surface formed at another axial end of the planetary gear. A sun gear has a sun gear annular surface that is opposed to the first planetary gear annular surface. A second ring gear has an output-side annular surface that is opposed to the second planetary gear annul...