US Patent Issued to TMEIC on Sept. 16 for "Power conversion apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,012, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TMEIC Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Power conversion apparatus" was invented by Shigeyuki Nakabayashi (Chuo-ku, Japan), Shotaro Murakami (Chuo-ku, Japan) and Ikuto Udagawa (Chuo-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion apparatus includes: a first stage on which a first module is mounted, a second stage stacked on the first stage and on which a second module is mounted, and a coolant circulation circuit allowing a coolant to circulate through the first and second modules. The coolant circulation circuit includes a first cooling pipe disposed on the first stage, a second cooling p...