ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,488, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Vehicle drive device" was invented by Tomoyuki Suzuki (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle drive device is disclosed that includes a rotating electrical machine, a transmission mechanism, and an inverter device. The rotating electrical machine and a pair of output members have a two-axis configuration. The transmission mechanism includes, coaxially with the pair of output members, an output gear drivingly connected to at least one of the pair of output members. The inverter device is disposed so as to overlap a first output member that is one of th...