ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,470, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIDEC Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Drive motor module" was invented by Ayumi Nakagawa (Kyoto, Japan), Hiroki Akaishi (Kyoto, Japan) and Yusuke Makino (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For example, a drive motor module capable of suppressing resonance of an inverter cover due to vibration from a motor or the like is provided. A drive motor module 1 includes a motor, an inverter electrically connected to the motor, a housing that houses the motor and the inverter, and an inverter cover that has a plate shape and covers the inverter. An outer surface of an inverter cover is divided into a first...