ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,415, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KYB Corp. (Tokyo).
"Transmission-equipped motor" was invented by Kenji Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan), Keita Matsuzaka (Kanagawa, Japan) and Jun Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a transmission-equipped motor, a spline portion is formed at an end portion of a drive shaft of a transmission, and a spline hole with which the spline portion is engaged is formed on an end surface of a motor shaft of a hydraulic motor. A snap ring which contacts an end surface of the motor shaft having the spline hole is provided on an outer periphery of the drive shaft having the spline portion so th...