ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,763, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Multipurpose protective cap for transmission drive shaft assembly" was invented by Alberto Contreras Sanchez (Toluca, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multipurpose protective cap for a transmission prior to and during assembly with a drive shaft has a base portion having a cylindrical cross-section of a first inner diameter. The base portion comprises a side wall defining the cylindrical cross-section and having an outer edge and an inner edge, and a membrane spanning the cylindrical cross-section of the base portion at the outer edge of the ...