ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,745, issued on May 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive device" was invented by Eiji Ito (Toyota, Japan), Koichi Okuda (Toyota, Japan) and Atsushi Tabata (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device installed in a vehicle includes a case including an electric motor chamber, a terminal block chamber, and a gear chamber, an electric motor, a terminal block, a speed reducer, and a hypoid gear. A first through hole is provided in a partition wall between the electric motor chamber and the terminal block chamber. A second through hole is provided in a partition wall between the terminal block ch...