ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,006, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Drive control device for electric vehicle" was invented by Hidetoshi Kitanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive control device for electric vehicle includes a motor part, and a converter part that controls driving of the motor part. The motor part includes a motor frame made of metal and accommodating a stator and a rotor. The motor part has an outer circumferential face. The converter part is disposed around the motor frame. The converter part includes a semiconductor module including a semiconductor element. The semiconductor module is directly ...