ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,459, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Power control unit" was invented by Takashi Asano (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control unit in which a converter is disposed on an inverter, and a gap is formed between an inverter case and a converter case, wherein the inverter has an inverter protruding portion that protrudes toward the converter side on a surface of the inverter case which faces the converter, the converter has a converter protruding portion that protrudes toward the inverter side on a surface of the lower cover which faces the inverter that closes an opening for...