ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,527, issued on March 11, was assigned to MIKUNI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Throttle device" was invented by Yuta Kiku (Odawara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a throttle device including: a throttle shaft to which a throttle valve is secured; a motor; and a deceleration mechanism decelerating rotation of a drive shaft of the motor and transmitting the rotation to the throttle shaft, the deceleration mechanism includes a throttle gear secured to the throttle shaft, the throttle gear includes a tubular ring into which the throttle shaft is detachably inserted and a gear main body including a gear portion, and the gear main body is forme...