ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,605, issued on March 31, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Cooling system for drive device" was invented by Takeshi Torii (Kariya, Japan) and Shoichi Yamasaki (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A case (1) that houses a rotary electric machine (2) and an inverter device (INV) has an inlet (11) through which coolant flows, and a channel (4) along which the coolant flows. The channel (4) includes a first heat exchange portion (41) where heat is exchanged between the inverter device (INV) and the coolant, and a turbine disposition portion (43) where a turbine (7) is disposed. The turbine (7) is rotated by a flow o...