ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,118, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Drive unit" was invented by Hiroto Kusaka (Susono, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit includes: a transaxle case that houses a motor, a speed reducer, and a differential mechanism; a power control unit that controls the motor; and a noise filter electrically connected to the motor via the power control unit, the power control unit being integrated with the transaxle case, the motor, the speed reducer, and the differential mechanism being disposed on a same axis inside the transaxle case. Further, the power control unit is separate from th...