US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 22 for "Drive device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,424, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Drive device" was invented by Masayuki Ishibashi (Toyota, Japan), Kazunari Inata (Toyota, Japan) and Jumpei Inoue (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device including a motor case, a first case, and a second case is provided. The motor case is configured to house a motor. The first case is configured to house a gear unit that is mechanically connected with the motor. The second case is configured to house an electric power conversion unit that is electrically connected with the motor. The first case and the second case are fastened to th...