ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,444, issued on March 17, was assigned to JATCO Ltd (Fuji, Japan).
"Component" was invented by Kazuhiko Yokoyama (Fuji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component comprising: a motor accommodating portion that accommodates a motor; an inverter accommodating portion that accommodates an inverter; a coupling portion that couples the motor accommodating portion and the inverter accommodating portion and is integrally formed with the motor accommodating portion and the inverter accommodating portion; and an oil passage that is formed in the coupling portion in a manner of extending along an axial direction of the motor."
The paten...