ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,922, issued on March 11, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).
"Power conversion device" was invented by Hiroki Katsube (Tokyo), Shota Yamabe (Tokyo) and Masakazu Tani (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object is to provide a power conversion device that enables a capacitor element to be efficiently cooled, thus suppressing deterioration of the capacitor element due to heat. The power conversion device includes: a power module including a module body portion storing a semiconductor element, and a power terminal protruding from the module body portion; a capacitor module including a capacitor body portion storing a...