US Patent Issued to DENSO on June 16 for "Power control apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,816, issued on June 16, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Power control apparatus" was invented by Takanori Kawashima (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power conversion circuit includes semiconductor modules, a capacitor module, and a cooler. The semiconductor modules each include an upper arm module and a lower arm module arranged in a stack in a stacking direction. Heat exchange members in the cooler are arranged on both ends and between the upper arm modules and the lower arm modules of each of the semiconductor modules in an alternating manner in the stack. The heat exchange members cool the up...