ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,144, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. Co. LTD. (Amagasaki, Japan).
"Transmission structure" was invented by Kenichi Onishi (Amagasaki, Japan), Koji Iwaki (Amagasaki, Japan), Terunobu Yoshioka (Amagasaki, Japan) and Hitoshi Sawada (Amagasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] A hydromechanical continuously variable transmission capable of performing smooth switching among first to third gears in accordance with a vehicle speed is provided. [Solution] The present invention provides a gear shift output device which receives a continuously variable output in a first speed and a second speed by a plan...