ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,281, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle drive apparatus" was invented by Yongjoo Ryoo (Sunto-gun, Japan) and Naoki Marukawa (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle drive apparatus includes: a case accommodating a rotating electric machine; a mount supporting the case to a vehicle body; and a power control unit controlling the rotary electric machine. Further, the mount includes a bracket which is fixed to the vehicle body, a mount member which is fixed to the case, and an elastic member provided between the bracket and the mount member, the power control unit is fixed to t...