ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,524, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Device for estimating degree of fatigue of motive force transmitting component, and method for estimating degree of fatigue of motive force transmitting component" was invented by Yoshihisa Fukuda (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This device for estimating a degree of fatigue of a motive force transmitting component is a device for estimating the degree of fatigue of a motive force transmitting component in a motive force transmitting system from a motor/generator (drive source) to a driving wheel (wheel), and is provided with an estimation u...