US Patent Issued to NIPPON THOMPSON on July 22 for "Speed reducer" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,283, issued on July 22, was assigned to NIPPON THOMPSON Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Speed reducer" was invented by Satoshi Sasaki (Mino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speed reducer includes: ring-shaped external gear including outer teeth and through holes arranged circumferentially; input shaft penetrating space surrounded by an external gear inner circumferential surface; bearing between the external gear and input shaft; ring-shaped internal gear surrounding an external gear outer circumferential surface; inner pins penetrating the through holes axially; and inner pin holder holding both ends of each inner pin. The inner pin holde...