US Patent Issued to PIAGGIO & Co. on Jan. 28 for "Transmission unit for motor vehicles with reverse drive and motor vehicle comprising the transmission unit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,853, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to PIAGGIO & Co. S.P.A. (Pontedera, Italy).

"Transmission unit for motor vehicles with reverse drive and motor vehicle comprising the transmission unit" was invented by Paolo Nesti (Pontedera, Italy) and Stefano Doveri (Pontedera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The transmission unit (15) for motor vehicle (1) comprises a shaft (23) of the driving wheel, operatively connected to a main drive (19, 97) to control forward drive, and a reverse drive electric motor (21). The transmission unit further comprises a control bushing (47) rotated by the reverse drive electric motor (21), and a driven tr...