US Patent Issued to EXEDY on Oct. 7 for "Drive unit with selectively engageable torque converter and reducer" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,416, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EXEDY Corp. (Neyagawa, Japan).

"Drive unit with selectively engageable torque converter and reducer" was invented by Yoshihiro Matsuoka (Neyagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit includes an electric motor, a torque converter, a reducer, a first shaft, a second shaft, and a clutch. The torque converter amplifies a torque generated by the electric motor when the torque is directed in a first rotational direction. The reducer is configured to output the torque by reducing a speed of rotation of the electric motor. The first shaft transmits the torque from the electric motor to the...