ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,829, issued on June 17, was assigned to JATCO LTD (Fuji, Japan).
"Power transmission device" was invented by Toshikazu Oshidari (Yokosuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power transmission device includes a motor, a gear mechanism connected downstream of the motor; and a pump that sucks oil through a pump inlet. A shortest distance between an open end of the pump inlet and a surface of a stator of the motor is shorter than a shortest distance between the open end of the pump inlet and a surface of the gear mechanism."
The patent was filed on Sept. 8, 2021, under Application No. 18/042,062.
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