ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,058, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FUJI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Kawasaki, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus" was invented by Tadahiko Sato (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor apparatus includes: a base, an insulating substrate arranged on the base, a semiconductor element arranged on the insulating substrate, a case joined to the base and housing the semiconductor element, and a sealing material supplied in the case. The case includes a terminal block that extends in a first direction from an inner wall surface of the case. The terminal block is arranged thereon a terminal that is electrically connected to t...