ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,416, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AISAN KOGYO K.K. (Obu, Japan).
"Power control unit for electric vehicle" was invented by Masahiro Kako (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power control unit for electric vehicle includes an inverter for controlling a voltage supplied to a vehicle driving motor from a high-voltage battery. A DC/DC converter reduces the voltage of the high-voltage battery to a voltage capable of charging a low-voltage battery serving as a power supply for an in-vehicle auxiliary machine. The power control unit has a circuit board including first electrical circuit elements that constitute the inverte...