US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 22 for "Electric device arranged on the powertrain of a vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,650, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Electric device arranged on the powertrain of a vehicle" was invented by Takahiro Uneme (Tokyo), Ryuta Wakabayashi (Tokyo) and Takahiro Kozeki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: an electric device mounted on the vehicle; a functional component placed on the electric device to extend further rearward than the electric device in plan view when mounted on the vehicle; a cable connecting the electric device and a battery mounted on the vehicle; and a cable mount that is provided below and within a plane of projection of the functional component ...