ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,417, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Rotating device" was invented by Koichiro Hirabayashi (Nagano, Japan) and Yukimasa Matsumura (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating device 1 according to the present application includes a motor 3, a gear 5 that transmits rotation of the motor 3 to an external device, and a sensor 7. The sensor 7 includes a sensor part 70 and a housing 72 that accommodates the sensor part 70. The sensor part 70 is capable of detecting a rotational speed or a rotational angle of the gear 5. The gear 5 includes a recess 50 in a rotational axis direction of th...