ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,400, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Flexible power electronics module" was invented by Eric M. Andris (Dunlap, Ill.), Michael R. Garrabrant (Dunlap, Ill.), Evan Blair Stumpges (Peoria, Ill.), Luke A. Ketcham (Peoria, Ill.) and Daniel P. Sergison (East Peoria, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power electronics module (PEM) is constructed to convert electricity from an input form to an output form. Electrical power conversion subcircuits having input and output ports are positioned proximal to a front mounting plate. Rigid conductor elements having respective preformed shapes are constructed to ...