US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Aug. 5 for "Drive unit for improving waterproof performance of a connector" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,437, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Drive unit for improving waterproof performance of a connector" was invented by Daisuke Hanaoka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit includes first and second rotary electric machines, a first housing that houses the first and second rotary electric machines, a PCU that controls the first rotary electric machine and the second rotary electric machine, and a connector that has a connector terminal for electrically connecting the first and second rotary electric machines and the PCU, and that is fixed to an upper surface of the first housing. The connect...