ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,029, issued on April 29, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).
"Starting device" was invented by Yukiyoshi Takada (Neyagawa, Japan) and Tomohiro Wada (Neyagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A starting device includes a fluid coupling, an electric motor, and a restriction mechanism. The electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor is disposed radially outside the fluid coupling. The restriction mechanism restricts relative rotation between the fluid coupling and the rotor. The restriction mechanism includes a first key groove, a second key groove, and a key body. The first key groove is provided on an inner ...