ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,016, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Utility vehicle and transmission" was invented by Yasuyuki Ioku (Akashi, Japan), Kazuho Matsumoto (Akashi, Japan) and Yuji Hida (Akashi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle including a transmission, the transmission including: at least one input shaft to which power from a drive source is input; an output shaft that outputs the power from the drive source to a drive wheel; a plurality of gear-position gear trains each including a drive gear provided on the input shaft and a driven gear provided on the output shaft; and an engaging clutch th...