US Patent Issued to Kubota on July 15 for "Transfer-case attaching device and multi-purpose vehicle including the transfer-case attaching device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,714, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Transfer-case attaching device and multi-purpose vehicle including the transfer-case attaching device" was invented by Toshifumi Yasuda (Sakai, Japan) and Akihiro Takami (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer-case attaching device includes a fixation mechanism. The fixation mechanism includes a connection bolt. The connection bolt includes a screw shaft portion, a large-diameter shaft portion, and a flange portion. The large-diameter shaft portion has a first contact surface at an end portion of the large-diameter shaft portion. The flange portion ...