US Patent Issued to HONDA MOTOR on Nov. 4 for "Worm reducer capable of guilding lubricant to maintain function" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,703, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HONDA MOTOR Co. LTD (Tokyo).

"Worm reducer capable of guilding lubricant to maintain function" was invented by Sho Ohtake (Tokyo) and Takashi Miyoshi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A worm reducer 1, in which at least one of an upper surface part or a lower surface part of a housing includes a protruding part 20 protruding toward a worm wheel 60; and with respect to an imaginary line L1 extending parallel to the rotation axis C2 of a worm gear 50 and passing through the central axis of a shaft 71 in the housing, a protruding part 20 is provided between an imaginary line L1 and a meshing par...