ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,298, issued on July 1, was assigned to GKN Automotive Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Rotary power transmission device with clutch" was invented by Kazunobu Takeshita (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary power transmission device, includes a housing, a pinion gear shaft received within the housing and having an axis, a pinion gear rotatable relative to the pinion gear shaft, and first and second clutch members. The first clutch member has a rotational axis, radial inner and outer surfaces, front and rear faces, and multiple teeth at the front face. The second clutch member is coaxially arranged with the f...