ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,768, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Delta Electronics Inc. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Integrated motor and drive assembly" was invented by Chi-Hsiang Kuo (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Yu Lee (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Zuo-Ying Wei (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yuan-Kai Liao (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Wen-Cheng Hsieh (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated motor and drive assembly is disclosed and includes a housing, a motor and a drive. The housing includes a motor-accommodation portion and a drive-accommodation portion. The drive includes a power board and a control board. The power board is made of a high thermal conductivity substrate and in...