ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,393, issued on April 15, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Substrate unit and electric power conversion apparatus" was invented by Mitsuru Hano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate unit of an embodiment includes a plurality of substrates and a holding part. The plurality of substrates are arranged at a constant interval in a thickness direction. The holding part integrally holds the plurality of substrates and allows, relative to one substrate of the plurality of substrates, another substrate to be movable along a plane direction of the substrate."

The patent was filed on April 5, 2021, under Application No....