ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,163, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Power module" was invented by Hyun Koo Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Myung Ill You (Gwangju, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module may include: a positive terminal connected to a positive pole of a battery; a negative terminal connected to a negative pole of the battery; an output terminal connected to a winding among multiple windings included in a motor; a changeover terminal connected to a neutral point regarding the multiple windings; a top switch connected between the positive terminal and th...