ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,277, issued on May 6, was assigned to PUNCH POWERTRAIN PSA E-TRANSMISSIONS NV (Sint-Truiden, Belgium).

"Drive unit for a vehicle" was invented by Antonius Arnoldus Maria Van Deurzen (Sint-Truiden, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drive unit for an electrical vehicle, which drive unit comprises an electric motor including a winding, comprising a winding terminal. The drive unit further comprises an inverter having an inverter housing, and an inverter circuit provided within the inverter housing. The inverter circuit comprising an inverter terminal, wherein the winding terminal and the inverter terminal are directly connected to ...