US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Jan. 20 for "Power module for vehicle and motor driving apparatus including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,362, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Power module for vehicle and motor driving apparatus including the same" was invented by Myung Ill You (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyun Koo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module for a vehicle includes: a circuit board provided with a first metallic layer; a first switching portion disposed on a center portion of the circuit board, and including a plurality of semiconductor chips; a second switching portion disposed on the outside the first switching portion on the circuit board and including...