ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,095, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Kenichiro Sato (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor apparatus includes a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal, a drive circuit including one or more power semiconductor elements, a control circuit to control the one or more power semiconductor elements, a circuit substrate, a passive element on the circuit substrate, and a first bus bar and a second bus bar. The first bus bar includes a first body including a path electrically connecting the first connection termina...