ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,685, issued on April 22, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Power distribution device" was invented by Hiroaki Higuchi (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power distribution device is connected to a power source connector connected to a battery pack, a front connector connected to a front PCU that supplies power to a front MG, and a rear connector connected to a rear PCU that supplies power to a rear MG. Further, the power distribution device has a DC power connector which may be connected to an external DC power source and an AC power connector which may be connected to an external AC power source. The power so...