ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,293, issued on July 1, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Combined power module" was invented by Yuan-Cheng Huang (New Taipei, Taiwan), I-Hung Chiang (Yuanlin, Taiwan), Ji-Yuan Syu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Hsin-Han Lin (Zhudong Township, Taiwan), Po-Kai Chiu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Kuo-Shu Kao (Zhubei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a combined power module that includes a base structure, a terminal structure, a second terminal, and a cover. The terminal structure includes a mount assembly and a plurality of first terminals. The mount assembly is assembled on the bas...