ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,527, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive device" was invented by Masataka Iwamoto (Toyota, Japan), Koichi Okuda (Toyota, Japan) and Atsushi Tabata (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The drive device includes a first motor. The drive device includes a first rotational shaft that integrally rotates with a rotor of the first motor. The drive device includes a first counter shaft that is disposed parallel to the first rotational shaft and that is also connected to the first rotational shaft via a first counter gear. The drive device includes a first transmission shaft that is dispose...