ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,465, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH (Erlangen, Germany).

"Inverter device, drive device for an electrically drivable vehicle, and vehicle" was invented by Guido Rasek (Forchheim, Germany) and Alexandros Kourgialis (Furth, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inverter device (1), comprising a first printed circuit board (2) on which a transformer (3) is arranged; a second printed circuit board (4) which is arranged parallel to the first printed circuit board (2) at a distance from the sides of the transformer (3); and a cover element (5) which is arranged between the printed circuit boar...