ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,968, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan).
"Motor unit" was invented by Toshikazu Oshidari (Yokosuka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a unit including: a housing configured to accommodate a planetary gear mechanism, in which the housing includes a flow path through which a coolant flows, the planetary gear mechanism includes a ring gear fixed to the housing, and the flow path has a portion that overlaps the ring gear when viewed in a radial direction."
The patent was filed on May 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/561,761.
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