ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,114, issued on May 19, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Intelligent power module, electric vehicle or hybrid vehicle, and method of assembling intelligent power module" was invented by Hideki Sawada (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent power module includes: a heat radiation device; an attachment frame disposed on a mounting surface of the heat radiation device; a power semiconductor module mounted on the attachment frame and configured to seal a semiconductor device; and a drive circuit part mounted on the power semiconductor module via a heat insulating sheet and configured to drive the power sem...