ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,749, issued on April 22, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Power module with housed power semiconductors for controllable electrical power supply of a consumer, and method for producing same" was invented by Thomas Maier (Neunburg v. Wald, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module for the controllable electrical power supply of a consumer includes a plurality of housed power semiconductors each with an electrically non-insulated heat discharge surface, a printed circuit board, a heat sink, one or more insulation plates, wherein the printed circuit board is arranged on a side of the power se...