ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,943, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"In-wheel motor" was invented by Keita Imai (Seto, Japan), Kiichi Yokoyama (Toyota, Japan), Hiroki Monji (Toyota, Japan), Yusuke Ueta (Shizuoka-ken, Japan) and Tatsuya Sakai (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-wheel motor having a case including a motor case, a motor cover, and a reduction gear case, wherein the oil pump includes a pump chamber formed in the motor cover, a pump cover attached to the motor cover and closing the pump chamber, It has a pump shaft that penetrates the pump cover, a drive gear that is attached to the pump shaft and...