ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,147, issued on March 18, was assigned to Exedy GlobalParts Corp. (Belleville, Mich.).
"Low inertia hydrodynamic launch device" was invented by Daniel Leschuk (Chelsea, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launch device for coupling the rotary output of a prime mover to the rotary input of a driven device. The launch device includes a containment vessel defining a chamber. A driving element, located within the chamber and being rotatable relative to the containment vessel, is configured to be coupled to the output of the prime mover, while a driven element, also located within the chamber and being rotatable relative to the contain...