ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,330, issued on April 15, was assigned to JATCO LTD (Fuji, Japan) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Oil discharge structure" was invented by Tsutomu Itou (Fuji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a case that stores oil inside, wherein the case includes a drain hole that discharges the oil to an outside, and a tubular portion that protrudes in a direction intersecting a direction of gravity, and the drain hole opens in a direction intersecting the direction of gravity on the tubular portion."
The patent was filed on Oct. 20, 2021, under Application No. 18/042,336.
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