ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,015, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Power module for vehicle" was invented by Jun Hee Park (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Sung Taek Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Sik Kong (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Myung Ill You (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power module for a vehicle, includes: a first substrate including a first metal circuit disposed on a 1-1st surface, and a first spacer extending from the first metal circuit in a first direction; a second substrate spaced from and facing the first substrate in a second direction, and inclu...