ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,811, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Drive apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Koichi Okuda (Toyota, Japan), Naoki Itazu (Nagoya, Japan) and Satoshi Kasamai (Miyoshi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive apparatus is for a vehicle that includes left and right wheels. The drive apparatus includes: (a) a left-side gear transmission mechanism disposed between a left-side drive source and the left wheel; and (b) a right-side gear transmission mechanism disposed between a right-side drive source and the right wheel. Each of the left-side and right-side gear transmission mechanisms includ...