ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,353, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to JATCO LTD (Fuji, Japan) and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Case" was invented by Hisashi Toyama (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case that houses a drive force transmission device includes a circular ring part, fastening boss parts, first ribs, a non-fastening boss part, and a second rib. The circular ring part defines an opening through which a shaft is configured to be inserted. The fastening boss parts are provided around the circular ring part. Fastening members are to be secured to the fastening boss parts. The first ribs are respectively formed between a port...