ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,177, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Transaxle" was invented by Yoshihiko Kabe (Seto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The transaxle houses at least the rotating electrical machine and the gear in the case. The case of the transaxle includes a first boss portion protruding toward the vehicle member side and provided upward side, and a second boss portion protruding toward the vehicle member side and provided downward side, on a surface on which the vehicle member bent under the collision load abuts, and the vehicle member abuts against the upper portion of the first boss portion or the sec...