ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,344, issued on July 8, was assigned to KANZAKI KOKYUKOKI MFG. Co. LTD. (Amagasaki, Japan).
"Transmission structure" was invented by Takumi Takahashi (Amagasaki, Japan), Kohei Ogura (Amagasaki, Japan), Fumiaki Ito (Amagasaki, Japan) and Tasuku Inoue (Amagasaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The problem is in providing a transmission structure which includes low gear and high gear transmission mechanisms and an HST and can improve the vehicle speed responsiveness at the time of switching between a low gear transmission state and a high gear transmission state. Solution: At the time of switching between low gear and high gear tran...