ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,573, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH (Erlangen, Germany).

"Power module and power electronics device" was invented by Benedikt Hollweck (Erlangen, Germany), Christian Herold (Erlangen, Germany) and Monzer Rayya (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module for an inverter is disclosed. The power module has a base plate with a first base plate side and a second, opposite base plate side, controllable electronic switches arranged on the first base plate side, inputs and outputs, which are electrically connected to the electronic switches. The power module is designed to conve...