ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,062, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Vehicle drive device" was invented by Yutaka Hotta (Kariya, Japan), Yuya Mizuno (Kariya, Japan) and Ryota Sato (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle drive device includes: a rotary electric machine including a rotor and a stator; a housing member forming a housing chamber that houses the rotary electric machine; a cover member connected to one end side of the housing member in an axial direction, facing the rotary electric machine in the axial direction, and including a bearing support portion that rotatably supports the rotor; a power switching e...