ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,491, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Electric power converter" was invented by Junya Matsushita (Kariya, Japan), Yohei Imai (Kariya, Japan) and Yoshihide Fukuda (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric power converter converts electric power supplied from a power supply to an electrical load. The electric power converter includes a coil, an electrically conductive portion and a current sensor. The coil extends in an axial direction of the coil. The coil allows a current to flow through the coil. The electrically conductive portion is located at a position apart from the coil. The elec...