ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,897, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electric vehicle driving device" was invented by Shigetoshi Ipposhi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This electric vehicle driving device includes: a motor; a gear box storing a speed reduction mechanism, and a differential mechanism; a final gear shaft of which one side is connected to the differential mechanism; a support structure supporting another side of the final gear shaft; and a radiator. The motor and the final gear shaft are arranged so as to be opposed to each other with an interval provided therebetween. The gear box is provided on one side ...