US Patent Issued to Hella on March 18 for "Heat sink for a power inverter of an electric motor of a vehicle, power inverter and vehicle" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,524, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Heat sink for a power inverter of an electric motor of a vehicle, power inverter and vehicle" was invented by Etienne Doyard (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat sink is provided for a power inverter of an electric motor of a vehicle. The heat sink includes a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, a first cooling segment and a second cooling segment. The heat sink also includes a coolant channel system for cooling one or more power modules A power inverter including the heat sink and a vehicle including the power inverter are also prov...