ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,046, issued on June 30, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Relay unit" was invented by Yuki Kamiya (Kariya-city, Japan) and Hiroaki Higuchi (Kariya-city, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A relay unit includes a first busbar, a relay device, a second busbar, and a heat dissipation structure. The first busbar forms at least a part of an electric current path between a connecting portion, which is connected to a charging connector of an external charging device, and an in-vehicle battery. The relay device is provided on the first busbar. The second busbar forms at least a part of an electric current path between the in-ve...