ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,545, issued on April 15, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).
"Electric motor with reverse input cutoff clutch" was invented by Nagao Dohi (Fujisawa, Japan), Yuya Daikoku (Fujisawa, Japan) and Eiji Inoue (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An output shaft is configured by connecting a first shaft and a second shaft, coaxially arranged with each other, by a reverse input cutoff clutch 20; an end portion on one side in an axial direction of the second shaft located on an opposite side from the first shaft with a gear portion sandwiched in between in the axial direction being rotatably supported with respect to a fixed portion b...