ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,302, issued on July 1, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Clutch control device" was invented by Yasushi Fujimoto (Tokyo), Yoshiaki Tsukada (Tokyo), Junya Ono (Tokyo), Takashi Ozeki (Tokyo), Koichi Furusato (Tokyo), Yuma Kaibe (Tokyo), Ryohei Tsuzuki (Tokyo) and Tatsuya Ryuzaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This clutch control device includes a clutch apparatus configured to connect and disconnect power transmission between a prime mover and an output target, a clutch actuator configured to output a driving force for actuating the clutch apparatus, and a driving mechanism configured to receive the driving force of ...