ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,892, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Transmission" was invented by Tahei Toyoshima (Isehara, Japan), Hyunhwan Lee (Bucheon, South Korea), Akira Tsuchida (Sagamihara, Japan) and Masahiro Kouya (Hiratsuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transmission includes: a case configured to store oil; a gear power transmission mechanism supported by the case and configured to operate in a state where a part of the gear power transmission mechanism is immersed in the oil stored in the case; a chain power transmission mechanism supported by the case; and a transmission m...