ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,323, issued on July 1, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Power conversion apparatus" was invented by Shinya Kimura (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion apparatus, comprising: a semiconductor component for power conversion; a heat transfer member to which the semiconductor component is fixed such that the heat transfer member is thermally connected to a heat dissipation surface formed on at least one surface of the semiconductor component; and a housing, wherein the housing includes a heat dissipation wall portion, a fitting portion that fits to the heat transfer member...