ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,544, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Connection structure" was invented by Yoji Kiyokawa (Okazaki, Japan) and Keisuke Yuki (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection structure of the present disclosure includes a housing that houses an inverter that controls a rotary electric machine, a first connector provided in the housing and to which a first cable connected to a battery is connected, a second connector provided in the housing and to which a second cable connected to a device that supplies electric power is connected, a first path that electrically connects the first conn...