ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,265, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Power supply unit" was invented by Taiga Doi (Okazaki, Japan), Kenji Murasato (Toyota, Japan) and Daisuke Kamikihara (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power supply unit accommodates a main DC/DC converter and an AC charger (a charging circuit, a sub-DC/DC converter) in a housing. The main DC/DC converter and the sub-DC/DC converter are arranged in the same tier of the housing. The charging circuit is arranged in a tier different from that of the main DC/DC converter and the sub-DC/DC converter. The main DC/DC converter and the sub-DC/DC con...