US Patent Issued to MAGNA Powertrain on June 2 for "Power electronics system" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,041, issued on June 2, was assigned to MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KG (Lannach, Austria).

"Power electronics system" was invented by Thomas Schnabel (Asten, Austria) and Eike Janssen (Linz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power electronics system includes at least one power module which is connected to a direct-current source via an upper bus bar and a lower bus bar. The at least one power module has connection points for contact with the bus bars, and the upper bus bar rests on an insulating sheet and on the lower bus bar. The upper bus bar has a cut-out and the insulating sheet has a further cut-out, so that the lower bus ba...