ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,676, issued on May 27, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Capacitor with electrically conductive cooling channel" was invented by Maximilian Barkow (Stuttgart, Germany), Patrick Fuchs (Leonberg, Germany) and Timijan Velic (Weissach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor is disclosed that includes a plurality of electrically conductive capacitor layers wound around a winding center and a cooling channel, wherein the cooling channel is disposed between the capacitor layers, and wherein the cooling channel is electrically conductive. A system and a motor vehicle that includes the capacitors i...