ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,124, issued on March 4, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rotary electric drive unit" was invented by Takahiro Uneme (Tokyo), Masaki Takahashi (Tokyo), Ryuta Wakabayashi (Tokyo) and Takahiro Kozeki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connection structure includes a case in which a first electric motor and a second electric motor are housed, and electrical equipment that controls the first electric motor or the second electric motor. The first electric motor is electrically connected to a first three-phase terminal of the electrical equipment via a connecting member. The second electric motor is electrical...