ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,342, issued on July 8, was assigned to DOB Co. LTD. (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea).
"Continuously variable transmission" was invented by Hyeon Soo Kim (Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a continuously variable transmission, and more specifically, to a continuously variable transmission that prevents power cut-off when shifting and minimizes a load/impact due to the shifting, and that includes an eccentric disk and an output shaft which rotate in the same direction to prevent noise/vibration/impact that is generated particularly when the eccentric disk that operates a link ac...