ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,334, issued on April 15, was assigned to JATCO LTD (Fuji, Japan).
"Unit" was invented by Masahiro Kosaka (Ebina, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a unit including: a housing configured to accommodate a gear connected to a motor, and a catch tank provided in the housing, in which the gear rotates integrally with a differential case, the catch tank has a portion that overlaps the gear when viewed in an axial direction, and the catch tank has a portion that overlaps the motor when viewed in the axial direction."
The patent was filed on March 18, 2022, under Application No. 18/566,344.
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