ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,157, issued on July 1, was assigned to BorgWarner US Technologies LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for power module for inverter for electric vehicle" was invented by David Paul Buehler (Noblesville, Ind.), Kevin M. Gertiser (Carmel, Ind.), David W. Ihms (Kokomo, Ind.) and Mark Wendell Gose (Kokomo, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes: an inverter configured to convert DC power from a battery to AC power to drive a motor, wherein the inverter includes: a power module including: a first substrate including a first conductive layer; a second substrate including a second conductive layer; a power switch betw...