ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,770, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTO ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Power electronics assembly having vertically stacked transistors" was invented by Hitoshi Fujioka (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Shailesh N. Joshi (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Danny J. Lohan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, apparatuses and systems provide technology that includes a first transistor, a second transistor stacked on the first transistor, at least one electrical conductor that is positioned between the first and second transistors and electrically connected to the first and second transistors, and...