ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,640, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Power module" was invented by Akihiro Koga (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module includes a insulation substrate, a first and a second input terminal supported by the insulation substrate, a plurality of arm circuits provided on the insulation substrate, and a plurality of output terminals corresponding to the plurality of arm circuits. The arm circuits each include a part of a wiring pattern formed on the insulation substrate, and a first switching element and a second switching element mutually connected in series via the part of the wiring p...