ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,877, issued on May 13, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Control device" was invented by Eiji Kittaka (Tokyo) and Yasushi Fujimoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes a connecting member connected to a release operation member of a clutch device, an electric actuator for displacing the release operation member through the connecting member, a control unit configured to displace the release operation member by driving the electric actuator so as to change a clutch capacity of the clutch device, a first sensor configured to detect an operation amount of the electric actuator with respect to the ...