ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,004, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Clutch control device" was invented by Junya Ono (Tokyo), Tatsuya Ryuzaki (Tokyo), Ryohei Tsuzuki (Tokyo), Yuma Kaibe (Tokyo) and Junichiro Kano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This clutch control device includes a clutch device connecting and disconnecting power transmission between a prime mover and an output target, a clutch actuator outputting a driving force for operating the clutch device, a release mechanism operating the clutch device by receiving a driving force of the clutch actuator, a control unit driving and controlling the clutch actuator, a firs...